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• Hendrik Jan Antonie Riethorst, Warnsveld († 1948)
• Doodgeboren kind Baaijens, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1948)
• Jan van der Elst, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Helena Euphemina Booij Lieuwes, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Catharina Meijvogel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Kruijskamp, Scheveningen († 1951)
• Darrel Ray van Steenwyk († 1964)
• Hans Anders Slåttli († 2012)
• Jan Albertus Brouwer, Apeldoorn († 1980)
• jan francois BRUSSAARD, oud-beijerland († 2016)

• Aafke Jans Span (88), Buitenpost
• Anna Margaretha Dohmen, Kerkrade (L
• Arthur Blackburn (65)
• Arie Meijboom (40), 's-Gravenzande
• Anje Berg (84), Groningen
• Adrianus Groeneveld (67), Rotterdam
• Bastiana Storm (63), Schiedam
• CATHARINA VAN DER WEL (92), SCHIEDAM
• Anna Maria Vreeswijk (70), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• Albertje Boersma (63), Sappemeer

• 1946 » Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut
• 1947 » Anuška Ferligoj, Slovenian mathematician
• 1947 » Dave Dutton, English actor and screenwriter
• 1947 » Gerard Schwarz, American conductor and director
• 1947 » Terry Hoeppner, American football player and coach († 2007)
• 1948 » Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect († 2016)
• 1948 » Elliot Lurie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Gerald McRaney, American actor, director, and producer
• 1948 » Robert Hughes, Australian actor
• 1949 » Michael Nazir-Ali, Pakistani-English bishop

• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Robert
10. Peter
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. John
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Jacob

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Petronella
10. Adriana
11. Margaretha
12. Geertruida
13. Jacoba
14. Aaltje
15. Linda
16. Helena

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 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.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
• March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.

The temperature on August 19, 1948 was between 9.3 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.