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• Benjamin Oorebeek, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, NEDERLAND († 2007)
• NN Sonneveld († 1947)
• doodgeboren kind, Steenderen († 1947)
• Sophia Eleonora Frederika Stevens, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Marinus Johannes Hendriks, Heteren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Maria de Lourdes Melo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1988)
• Johannes Laurentius Alexander de Klerk, Bergen, Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Joop Kreukniet, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• George Michael Sinclair, Hartford City, Blackford County, Indiana, 47348, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• Ronald D. Howison, Lansing, Michigan († 1996)

• Cornelia Maria Veronica Verzijlbergh (23), Haarlem
• Cornelia Klaverveld (79), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Friederike Magdalena Jansen (60), Nordstrand, Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
• Cornelia Ursem (81), Cleveland
• Aaltje Annes Bosma (56), Emmen
• August Trox (86), Berlin
• Catherina Alberdina Hendriks (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Ferdinandusse (65), Wemeldinge
• Anna Catharina Offermans (76), Voerendaal
• Augustien Van Herpe (77), Eine, Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1944 » Jaimoe, American drummer
• 1944 » Jeffrey Tambor, American actor and singer
• 1945 » Micheline Calmy-Rey, Swiss politician, 91st President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1947 » Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1947 » Kim Darby, American actress
• 1947 » Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
• 1948 » Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist
• 1949 » Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef, restaurateur and entrepreneur
• 1949 » Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh († 2009)

• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)
• 1950 » Othmar Spann, Austrian sociologist, economist, and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1952 » August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1881)

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 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.

The temperature on July 8, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.