About the day » Saturday September 6, 1947Calender converter

• catharina silvera gertruda (cathy) hanssen, helden-beringe († 1995)
• Arnolda Geertruida Knobbout, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 1947)
• Anna Maria Gesina van Os, Zwartemeer († 2009)
• Abraham Hubertus Post, Nootdorp († 2018)
• Jan Reijnders († 1989)
• Cornelis Lambertus Johannes Godefridus Maria Vrins, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Johannes Petrus van Dijk, Noordwijkerhout († 2013)
• Bontje Holm, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1977)
• Jetta Driegen, Vollenhove († 2024)
• Gerda Wilhelmina Maria van Grinsven, Den Dungen († 1965)

• Elisabeth Petronella Maria Appelboom (55), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta van Hoek (82), Rotterdam,-
• Adriana Leijdekker (46), Roermond
• cornelis de MAN (57)
• Aletta van Hoek (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Min (48), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Bijenhof (84), vorden
• Cornelia, Maria Wilbrink (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Willemsz BAARS (76), Nieuw Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Zaal (47), Dordrecht

• 1944 » Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
• 1944 » Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
• 1946 » Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
• 1946 » Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator
• 1947 » Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
• 1947 » Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
• 1947 » Sylvester, American singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1948 » Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist († 2006)
• 1949 » Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician

• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1945 » John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
• 1949 » Walter Widdop, English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
• 1950 » Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1951 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)

• 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.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 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 6, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.