About the day » Thursday July 3, 1947Calender converter

• Lambertus Willem Bernard ASSINK, Zeddam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1969)
• James Marion Glover († 2013)
• Nancy Marissen († 2010)
• Johannis Marinus van Alphen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Mary Elizabeth Agnes Munsell, Miles City, Custer Cnty, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Hermannes Lensen, Kloosterhaar, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Nancy Marissen († 2010)
• NN Thomassen, Beuningen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Margriet Lauf, Siebengewald,, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Pamela Hemelrijk, Amsterdam († 2009)

• Aart Lagerveld (84), Passaic. New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Noordhuis (63), Grootegast
• Clara Donners (48), Gaasternland Overl Akte
• Alice DARBY (64), Sheffield, West Riding, Yorkshire, England
• Agatha Maria Steenvoorden (76), Den Haag
• Cornelis Peters Rit (70), Haps
• Antje Hendriks Noordhuis (63), Grootegast
• Christina Geertruida Broshuis (71), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Akke~Thijsses de Jong (60), Frjentsjer
• Carolina Petronella de WET (74), Lichtenburg, Noord-West, Zuid-Afrika

• 1945 » Michael Cole, American actor
• 1945 » Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, Scottish politician, Speaker of the House of Commons († 2018)
• 1946 » Johnny Lee, American singer and guitarist
• 1946 » Leszek Miller, Polish political scientist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1946 » Michael Shea, American author († 2014)
• 1947 » Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
• 1947 » Dave Barry, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Mike Burton, American swimmer
• 1948 » Paul Barrere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Tarmo Koivisto, Finnish author and illustrator

• 1933 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (b. 1852)
• 1935 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1898)
• 1954 » Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
• 1958 » Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1867)

• 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 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The temperature on July 3, 1947 was between 13.9 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.