About the day » Sunday September 28, 1947Calender converter

• Cornelis de Wijn, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2008)
• Hendrik Jan Bannink, Hummelo en Keppel († 2004)
• Daniel Bruce Howell, Quincy, Illinois († 2016)
• Oude Spraakste, Weerselo
• Johannes Jacobus van Rijn († 1997)
• Freddy Meekers, Neerpelt, België († 1991)
• Josephus Johannes Adriana Bastiaansen, Hoogerheide († 1987)
• Elsiena Vugteveen († 2006)
• Kay EMERY (CLARKE), London († 2013)
• Elsiena (Sinie) Vugteveen († 2006)

• Derkje Woudenberg (0), Rheden
• Arradina (Anna) van Gorp (61), Bellflower (Los Angeles), California, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia van den BERG (78), Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Aar (53), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Westerink (66), Elburg
• Aartje Van Putten (63), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Marvin Shankle (47), New Orleans, Louisiana
• Arendje de Jager (54), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Berend van de Beld (80), Zwolle {OV}
• Arradina (Anna) van Gorp (61), Bellflower, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Fusako Shigenobu, Japanese activist, founded the Japanese Red Army
• 1945 » Manolis Rasoulis, Greek singer-songwriter and journalist († 2011)
• 1945 » Marielle Goitschel, French skier
• 1946 » Majid Khan, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1946 » Tom Bower, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 » Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
• 1947 » Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
• 1947 » Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1949 » Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1935 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)
• 1943 » Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
• 1949 » Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1956 » William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)

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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on September 28, 1947 was between 13.3 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.