About the day » Tuesday July 22, 1947Calender converter

• NN Rijksen, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Geertruida Jansen, Nijverdal († 2008)
• Donald Lee Moelker, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Chantal Marie Francoise Girault, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay
• Douwe Jaarsma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Clasina Margaretha van Schaik, Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Hindrik Bijlholt, Nederland († 2009)
• Linda Sue Richardson, California († 1947)
• Maria Albertha Gertruida (Marijke) ter Huerne - Paus, Enschede († 2009)
• Johannes Cornelis Daniël VAN DER MEULEN, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1988)

• Albert Boessenkool (75), Avereest
• Albertus Henricus Doedée (38), Alphen en Riel
• Albert Boessenkool (75), Avereest
• Albert Arriens Kroek (85), Almelo
• Albertus Everhardus van der Wiel (32), Tübingen (D)
• Aaltje Teunis Wispelwey (76), Beets, Zeevang, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anthonius Everardus van der Burg (74), Pijnacker
• Arie Johannes van Dam (86), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje van den Dool (80), Bleskengraaf en Hofwegen
• Abraham J Abe Coleman (83), Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Philip Cohen, English biochemist and academic
• 1946 » Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer
• 1946 » Johnson Toribiong, Palauan lawyer and politician, 7th President of Palau
• 1946 » Paul Schrader, American director and screenwriter
• 1946 » Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, Filipino archbishop
• 1947 » Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1947 » Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
• 1948 » S. E. Hinton, American author
• 1949 » Alan Menken, American pianist and composer

• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)

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.
• February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on July 22, 1947 was between 15.8 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.