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• NN Buntjer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Rita Leenaerts, Sint-Truiden, Limburg, Belgium († 1998)
• Linda Louise Adams, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• N.N Buntjer, Musselkanaal Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 1947)
• Eduardus Franciscus Josephus van Hoorn, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Marie Henrica Karin Josephine (Mariëtte) Eurlings, Heerlen († 2013)
• Hans Alfred van der Sluis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Cornelia van Bezouwen, Schiedam († 2016)
• NN Pollaert, Tilburg
• Lynda Darlene Jones, Powell River, B.C († 2015)

• Albert Vos (52), Velsen
• Antje Hesders De Vries (78), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Christina Van Wegen (59), Amersfoort
• Abel Boer (55), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Aaltje Koegelberg (69), schagen
• Luijpers (78), Well, <,Li.NL
• Anna Elisabeth Bernardine Christine van Dinter (78), Den Haag
• Cornelia Maria Hardus (75), Bergen op Zoom
• Cornelius Antonius Callaars (65), Helmond
• Carl Gordon Turner (31)

• 1944 » Carol Barnes, English journalist († 2008)
• 1944 » Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
• 1945 » Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician († 2002)
• 1945 » Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Frank Marshall, American director and producer
• 1946 » Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
• 1948 » Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
• 1948 » Nell Carter, American actress and singer († 2003)
• 1948 » Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1949 » John W. Henry, American businessman

• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)

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 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on September 13, 1947 was between 13.0 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.