About the day » Wednesday July 2, 1947Calender converter

• James Winton Finnell, Phoenix, Maricopa Co.Arizona († 1947)
• Herbert Bown († 2014)
• Broeders, Oosterhout († 2007)
• Johannes Josephus Kunkeler, Dordrecht († 2010)
• Leendert Antonius (Len) Mostert, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 2009)
• Annette Maria Lidwina Greten, Schiedam († 2015)
• Geertje Stegink († 2011)
• Hidzer Meeter, Amsterdam († 2015)
• Berend Jan Willem van der Sluis († 2011)
• Christiaan Robert (Rob) Maas († 2021)

• Carl Augustus Frendin (63)
• Antoon van Tartwijk (66), Eindhoven
• Antonius Hendrikus Jo9zephus Streppel (72), Voorst
• Aafke Klamer (81), Den Ham, gem. Aduard, Groningen, Nederland
• Aafke Jans Klamer (81), Den Ham
• Anna Hendrika Elizabeth Appel (88), Vreeswijk
• Clarence Elsworth Boothe (83), Ellicottville, Cattaraugus, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke Jans KLAMER (81), Den Ham (Aduard) Groningen Netherlands
• Antoinette Maria van Toen (54), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aafke Klamer (81), Den Ham,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1943 » Ivi Eenmaa, Estonian politician, 36th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1946 » Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist († 2009)
• 1947 » Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1947 » Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Jon Trickett, English politician
• 1950 » Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic

• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Adrianus
8. Robert
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Antonius
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Wilhelmina
6. Anna
7. Hendrika
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Helena
16. Linda

• 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.
• January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• 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 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.

The temperature on July 2, 1947 was between 11.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.