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• Bonne Posthumus († 1994)
• Bernard Edgard Numma Ghislain Pétrisot, Momignies, Hainaut, Belgique († 1948)
• George A Neerhof, Sheboygan (Sheboygan), Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Harry Kooren, hoogvliet
• Dirk Jozef Johannus van Arkel, Maashees,Nbr.NL († 2006)
• Aartje van den Hoven, Groot-Amers († 1951)
• Guy Joris, Peer, Belgiê († 2023)
• Nicolaas Blasius Opdam, Rijpwetering († 1992)
• Hendrik Jozef Augenbroe, Kerkrade († 1948)
• Maria Everdina AMBAGTSHEER, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1950)

• Aaltje Berends (83), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Pieternella Moor (69), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Arkenau (0), Lohne, Oldenburg, Germany
• Abelina Dolfijn (76), Wittewierum
• Antonius Berendsen (65), Ubach Over Worms, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Brouwer (53), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart de Jong (42), leiden
• Agnes Marley AMAR01.AGN01X (61), 78 Corporation Rd, Hendon, Sunderland, England
• Anna de Bruijn (68), Rotterdam
• Antonia Vlaar (60), Alkmaar

• 1945 » Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia
• 1946 » Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1946 » Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic († 2013)
• 1947 » Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator
• 1948 » Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2006)
• 1948 » Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician
• 1950 » Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic
• 1950 » David Johansen, American musician and actor
• 1950 » Sandy Martin, American actress
• 1951 » Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1936 » John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1939 » Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
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 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.

The temperature on January 9, 1948 was between 0.4 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.