About the day » Monday September 29, 1947Calender converter

• Valerie Thomas, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada († 1990)
• Kathleen Marie Goraczkowski, Martin Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Wiel Laven, Kerkrade († 2009)
• Jan Zipterman († 2024)
• Miriam Ghislaine Henriette Catherine Majoie († 2017)
• Clemens Deen († 1947)
• Hendrikus Bernardus Johannes Olimulder, Geesteren († 2018)
• Levenloos Balemans, Zundert († 1947)
• Hooisma, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Robert Joseph Kunka († 2020)

• Anna Maria Visser (48), Delft
• Baltus Advocaat (81), hardinxveld (zuid holland)
• Janna (Jans) van Sloten (81), Overschild
• Alfredo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (74), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Baukje Robartus Krol (81), Woudsend
• Aafke Riemersma (90)
• Aafke Johannes Riemersma (90), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Fernan Victor - Fernand Hachez (82), Brussel
• Alma St-Onge (64), Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria van der MEULEN (97), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet
• 1945 » Nadezhda Chizhova, Russian shot putter
• 1946 » Patricia Hodge, English actress
• 1947 » Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician († 2015)
• 1947 » Gary Wetzel, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1947 » S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India († 2016)
• 1948 » Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1948 » Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer

• 1927 » Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)
• 1927 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1928 » John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)
• 1930 » Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)
• 1937 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)

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.
• 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.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

The temperature on September 29, 1947 was between 9.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.