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• Klaas Hindrikus' Groenewold, Grouw († 1969)
• gerarda petronella maria steeghs, helden-beringe
• Maarten Kuitenbrouwer, Utrecht († 2008)
• Marie Christine von Preussen, Gelnhausen, Allemagne († 1966)
• Maarten Cornelis van Griethuijsen, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Janke Bruinsma, Het Bildt († 1951)
• Doris O'Neil Marianne Maria Smit, Noordwijk († 2021)
• Cornelia Adlene Helena Schoffelen, Roosteren, Nederland († 2012)
• Maria Christine van Hohenzollern Prinses van Pruisen, Gelnhausen, Hessen († 1966)
• Lieuwe IJsbrands Cnossen, Lippenwoude, Friesland, Nederland († 2020)

• Albert Post (87), Heerde, Nederland
• Augusta de Roose (75), Ghent, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Alphonse Marie Blaisse (52), Groesbeek
• Antje Jans Scholtinga (75), Heerennveen
• Alberdina Hermina Bleumink (62), Ellecom
• Anna Van Dijk (65), Slochteren
• Andries Schaik (75), Oost-en West Souburg
• Alida Verheij (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Marie Blaisse (52), Groesbeek,Gemeente Groesbeek,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Arjen de Boer (63), Akkerwoude, Friesland, Nederland

• 1944 » David Hemery, English hurdler and author
• 1945 » Pat Doherty, Irish Republican politician
• 1946 » John Naughton, Scottish-Irish journalist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Kalpana Mohan, Indian actress
• 1947 » Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
• 1948 » Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter
• 1948 » Graham Spanier, 16th President of Pennsylvania State University
• 1948 » Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 » Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist († 2016)
• 1949 » Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach

• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on July 18, 1947 was between 14.9 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.