About the day » Wednesday September 3, 1947Calender converter

• N.N. Claessens, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1947)
• Jakob Pieter de Vries († 2019)
• Kind Hoeflake, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Josephina Maria Hubertina Reubzaet, Hoensbroek († 1979)
• Karst Jan Doornbosch, Adorp († 1947)
• Leonardo HÜLSE, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2007)
• Christoffel Theodorus Krabbendam, Velsen
• Larry Samuel JANES, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada († 1984)
• Marietje Koop († 2001)
• Johannes Post († 1947)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Bras (60), schiedam
• Aldert Johannes Ds. Westra Hoekzema (49), Scherpenzeel
• Cornalia Ferree
• Catharina Hagen (86), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Achiel VAN CAEYZEELE (77), Poperinge,8970,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Aaltje de Boer (45), Stavoren, Nederland
• Antje Huiting (51), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelia de JONG Jdr (58), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Caroline Wyss (82), Brockway, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
• Auktje Ronda (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1945 » George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter
• 1947 » Gérard Houllier, French footballer and coach
• 1947 » Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
• 1947 » Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
• 1947 » Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
• 1947 » Susan Milan, English flute player and composer
• 1948 » Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1948 » Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia († 2008)
• 1948 » Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer

• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)

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 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
• February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on September 3, 1947 was between 10.7 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.