About the day » Thursday January 8, 1948Calender converter

• Amidé SEGERS, Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2003)
• Louis Spronk, Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Cicilia Helena Maria Lieverse, Woubrugge († 2004)
• Nn Rademakers, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Marinus Johannis de la Mar, Rotterdam († 2022)
• Arnold William Morell († 1986)
• Willem Mansier, Nieuwer Amstel († 1998)
• Mientje Dinnissen, Overasselt († 2010)
• Ria Edith Harten, Batavia, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië († 2012)
• Elly Davids, Assen († 2013)

• Aris Lubbes (72), Hij is opgenomen in de kolonie Veenhuizen op 19-9-1898 wegens landloperi
• Arnol Richard Brown (53), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Benonie Hendrik Vangeenberghe (64), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Anna Maria Engelina Verweijmeren (79), Tilburg
• Adrianus van de Ven (69), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje HELLINGA (72), Franeker
• Arie Baars (0), Amsterdam
• Alida Elisabeth Kiela (58), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina Maria Joanna Adriana Verdonk (44), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje VAN MAANEN (67)

• 1945 » Nancy Bond, American author and academic
• 1946 » Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mexican drug lord
• 1946 » Robby Krieger, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
• 1947 » David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor († 2016)
• 1947 » David Gates, American journalist and novelist
• 1947 » Don Bendell, American rancher and author
• 1947 » Luke Williams, New Zealand-American wrestler
• 1948 » Gillies MacKinnon, Scottish director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Lawrence Rowe, Jamaican cricketer

• 1942 » Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American lawyer and religious leader (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of War (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Richard Hillary, Australian pilot and author (b. 1919)
• 1944 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American lieutenant and sailor (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)

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.
• April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

The temperature on January 8, 1948 was between 2.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.