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• Adrianus Augustinus Snoeren, Oosterhout († 2007)
• Arnoldus Rudolf Sjourd van Raemdonck, Sorong, Indonesië
• Harme (Harrie) BEKS, (NL/GR) († 2015)
• Jan Jacobus (Jan Jaap) Harts, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jeannine Elisabeth Verdickt, Temse († 1986)
• Cheryl Kay Vandermarkt, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA) († 1948)
• Fred Versluis, Doorn
• Arnoldus Arend de Jong, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Meijer Antonie Smit, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Ian Stewart Davidson, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia († 1974)

• Catharina Fenna Charlotte van der Horst (91), Amsterdam
• Arie WAALBOER (78), Dordrecht
• Andreas Vincentius de Visser (94), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bridget Maloy (56), New Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Félicité Marie Ghislaine de Ryhove de la KETHULLE (85), Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Arie Waalboer (78), Dordrecht
• Catharina Fenna Charlotta van der Horst (91), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Ludikhuize (69), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Baukje de Boer (61), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina (Trien) Kroon (31), Delft

• 1946 » Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » L. C. Greenwood, American football player († 2013)
• 1946 » Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1947 » Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer
• 1947 » Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2000)
• 1947 » Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland († 2015)
• 1947 » Marianne Wiggins, American author
• 1947 » Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
• 1948 » Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
• 1948 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist († 1971)

• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
• 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)
• 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)

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.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on September 8, 1947 was between 11.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.