About the day » Wednesday July 23, 1947Calender converter

• Arie Bastiaan de Best, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• OG van der Kwaak, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Hermine Hannink, Rossum,Gemeente Dinkelland,Overijssel,Nederland († 1994)
• Derk Jan Rietberg, Zwolle († 1994)
• Donald Kleinwolterink, Sheldon (O'Brien), Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Linda Marie Greenlee, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2017)
• Hieke Postma, Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Heere Klaas Brondijk, Fr. Stroobos († 1992)
• David Lee Hodgin, Rapid City P, South Dakota († 1988)
• Dina van Heumen, 's Gravenhage

• Albert Johannes Möllering (47), Rotterdam
• Adriana S Knoppert (29), Monster
• Albert Thomas (John) WARREN (65), East Tamar, Tasmania, Australia
• Tollenaar (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Abraham Nagtegaal (66), Krommenie
• Bernardus ten Berge (65), Wierden, 7642, Nederland
• Alberta Aleida Bronkhorst (72), Tilburg
• Annigje Broekhuizen (67), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aleida Veldscholten (81), Hasselo, 7558, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Havelaar (74), Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1946 » Andy Mackay, English oboe player and composer
• 1946 » René Ricard, American poet, painter, and critic († 2014)
• 1947 » David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
• 1947 » Gardner Dozois, American journalist and author († 2018)
• 1947 » Robin Simon, English historian, critic, and academic
• 1947 » Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver
• 1948 » John Cushnahan, Northern Irish educator and politician
• 1948 » John Hall, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and politician
• 1948 » Ross Cranston, Australian-English lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
• 1948 » Stanisław Targosz, Polish general († 2013)

• 1941 » George Lyman Kittredge, American scholar and educator (b. 1860)
• 1941 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1942 » Adam Czerniaków, Polish engineer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Andy Ducat, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on July 23, 1947 was between 16.7 °C and 30.8 °C and averaged 23.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.