About the day » Saturday August 2, 1947Calender converter

• Noach Roelse, Westkapelle († 2013)
• Blanche Dianne Deatherage, Coryell, Texas, United States († 1949)
• Adrianus Frederikus Courbois, Maastricht, Ned († 1998)
• Jan Eggink, Oosterwijk(Zelhem) († 2009)
• Theo Schrauwers, Amsterdam († 1948)
• Margareth Astrid Keep, Hengelo († 2007)
• Ati de Groot († 1994)
• Cornelia Adriana Helena Maria van Dongen, Gilze en Rijen († 1947)
• Louise Maria Jansen, Batavia, Java, Ned. Indië († 1977)
• Alida (Atie) Kuijten († 2020)

• Adrianus Josephus Haen (35), 's-Hertogenbosch
• ARIE GROENENBERG (42), HAARLEMMERMEER
• Benjamin Edward van Lelyveld (83), Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrika
• Armilda B Turner (73)
• Catarina (Kaatje) Schipper (88), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Huizer (61), Boskoop, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arend Meenink (93), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Schipper (88), Obdam
• Addie Eleanor White (62), Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina
• Annigje Cornelia Esveld (49)

• 1945 » Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
• 1945 » Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist
• 1945 » Joanna Cassidy, American actress
• 1946 » James Howe, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Lawrence Wright, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Ruth Bakke, Norwegian organist and composer
• 1948 » Andy Fairweather Low, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Dennis Prager, American radio host and author
• 1948 » James Street, American football and baseball player († 2013)
• 1948 » Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)

• 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.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on August 2, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.