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• Martinus Cornelis Nijs de, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Nicolaas Maarten Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Schenkeveld, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Trent Duane Hansink, Southgate, LA CA, V.S († 1984)
• Henk Ijnte Bangma, Huizum, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• MARIANNE DE JONG, AMSTERDAM († 1988)
• Jo Langerak, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1979)
• Nellie Bergmans, Zevenbergsche Hoek († 2011)
• Gilberte VAN HUFFEL, Gent († 1997)
• Dominique Massin, rocourt († 1988)

• Antoon Frans Jozef Maria Seller (14), Tilburg
• Aaltje (Alie) Busscher (44), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Augustin BOUCHY (66), Pange (57), France
• Clara Maria Lueb (20)
• Alle Simons Sipma (10), Kimswerd, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• David William Keys (83), Shippen, Cameron, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Busscher (44)
• Cornelia Kortekaas (55), Delft
• Aaltjen Bloemendaal (66), Zutphen Gld
• Carolus Ludovicus Van Laer (79), Bornem

• 1946 » Don Powell, English rock drummer
• 1946 » Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player
• 1946 » Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
• 1946 » Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1947 » David Pountney, English director and manager
• 1947 » Larry Nelson, American golfer
• 1948 » Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
• 1948 » Judy Geeson, English actress
• 1948 » Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author

• 1933 » Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (b. 1898)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1934 » George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
• 1937 » Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
• 1952 » Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (b. 1908)

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.
• March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• 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 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

The temperature on September 10, 1947 was between 12.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.