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• Frits Klasen, Dalerpeel, Dalen († 2019)
• Brenda Irvine Meyer († 2012)
• Ida Ytske Winifred Kraal, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Alida J. Loos, Den Helder († 2009)
• Gerda Horsman († 2022)
• Karel Eddy Van Gucht, Bornem († 1993)
• Elisabeth,Marie,Francoise Guébriant Budes, finistère († 2000)
• Annemarie Garstenveld, Den Helder († 2014)
• Antonia Maria van Ginneken, Dordrecht
• Coenraad Hendrik Johan van Pappelendam († 2003)

• Anna Christina Schimmel (81), Zeist
• "Hendrik" Paul Otto Marie Lodewijk Manuel Josef Ghislenus van den Bogaerde (63), Paris
• Raaphorst (77)
• Maaike Kuine (70), Terneuzen Nederland
• Anna Gesina Huizinga (71), Amsterdam
• beerend de weme (86), grolloo
• Adriana De Rijke (80), Terneuzen
• Alcena Spaw Roberts [WkWk] (67), Casey County, Kentucky
• Catharinus Ploeg (46), Dordrecht
• Anne Douwes de Boer (53)

• 1943 » Conny Bauer, German trombonist
• 1945 » Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach († 1972)
• 1946 » Michael Milken, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1946 » Ron Kovic, American author and activist
• 1947 » Lembit Ulfsak, Estonian actor and director († 2017)
• 1948 » Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » René Arnoux, French race car driver
• 1948 » Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
• 1950 » David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host
• 1950 » Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer

• 1934 » Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
• 1938 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)

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 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

The temperature on July 4, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.