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• Danie Lenie HAMEETE († 1953)
• John W. STUART, Morrison, IL († 2016)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Maria Middendorp, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Hendrik Johannes Selles, Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)
• Michael George Eschweiler († 2010)
• Hendrik Teunis Brink, Anloo († 1947)
• Ad Rijnvos, Standdaarbuiten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Dammis Vroegindeweij, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Hendrik Johannes Selles, Kampen († 2009)
• Hermanus Leonardus Wiertz († 2008)

• Bernardus Johannes Claus (30), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Josephus Abeling (67), Oude Pekela
• Anna Christina Vielaars (79), Amsterdam
• Arend Hofman (47), Apeldoorn
• Christina Jozina Anna Maria LUBBE (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Karstens (62), Leiden
• Cornelia Martha Vink (80), Utrecht
• Anna Maria van Putten (70), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• BASTIAAN JOHANNES BEL (76), VLAARDINGEN
• Catharina Karstens (62), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist († 2011)
• 1945 » Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 » Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 » Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1946 » Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1947 » Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer
• 1947 » Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1948 » Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 » Martin Amis, British novelist

• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

• 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 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

The temperature on August 25, 1947 was between 13.3 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.