About the day » Thursday September 11, 1947Calender converter

• Jo WILHELMUS, Maastricht († 2011)
• Jan Johanneszn. Efdé, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Marcel August Mompellier, Indonesia († 1974)
• Otto Markus Adrianus SPRONK, Den Haag († 2017)
• Lucien August Zuijderduin, Voorschoten († 2000)
• Berdina van Elden, Wageningen († 1947)
• Cornelia Theodora Francisca Anthonia Maria Vraets, Bilthoven, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelis de Kooker, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Catharina│Ineke de Niet, 's-Gravenhage († 2013)
• Gerrie Kroes, Oldebroek († 1947)

• Aaltje Marinus (74), Den Haag
• Alexander Franciscus Ijsenbrant (52), Groningen
• Amanda Heller (73), Lima, Peru
• Arie Stougje (72), Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfonsus Maria Jozef Helsloot (54), Amsterdam Wilhelmina Gasthuis
• Alice Frederica Edmonston (79), Firenze (Italië)
• Aaltje Marinus (74), Den Haag(ZH)
• Adrianus Jacobus Fredriks (46), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• andries de BRUIN (76), numansdorp
• Aaltje Olij (78), Bennebroek

• 1945 » Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager
• 1945 » Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor
• 1945 » Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Anthony Browne, English author and illustrator
• 1946 » Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
• 1946 » Jim Shoulder, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » John Roberts, Welsh footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1948 » John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Bill Whittington, American racing driver
• 1949 » Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach

• 1939 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 » Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter († 1913)
• 1956 » Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1957 » James Burns, English cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)

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 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The temperature on September 11, 1947 was between 9.5 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.