About the day » Saturday March 13, 1948Calender converter

• NN Plagmeijer, Anna Paulowna
• Christian Wilhelm van Brummelen († 2003)
• Pauline Pegge († 2011)
• NN Scheenaart, Wilnis {UT} († 1948)
• Leni Zonneveld, Utrecht († 2003)
• Kenneth Lee SMITH, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Mary Ann Wiersema, Orange City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Quirina Jacoba Opdam, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2023)
• Evert Jan van Verseveld, Lienden († 2008)
• Martha Wilhelmina Anna Maria Melis, Amsterdam († 1984)

• Anna Hergaarden (81), Roosendaal
• Anna Catharina Keesman (50), Amsterdam
• Antonius Vianen (78)
• Anthonius Hendricus van Leeuwen (79), Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Vianen (78), Nieuwkoop
• Anna VALENTIN (56)
• Antonius Jozef van Vilsteren (0), Zwollerkerspel
• Arendje Jacobsdtr. Luiten. (75), in Spijkenisse,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Ramaekers (91), Geulle, Meerssen
• Agatha Johanna Meijer (82), Amsterdam

• 1945 » Anatoly Fomenko, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1946 » Yonatan Netanyahu, American-Israeli colonel († 1976)
• 1947 » Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist († 2018)
• 1947 » Lesley Collier, English ballerina and educator
• 1947 » Lyn St. James, American race car driver
• 1949 » Sian Elias, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand
• 1949 » Ze'ev Bielski, Israeli politician
• 1950 » Bernard Julien, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1950 » Charles Krauthammer, American physician, journalist, and author († 2018)
• 1950 » William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)
• 1936 » Francis Bell, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851)
• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)

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 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
• June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
• October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.

The temperature on March 13, 1948 was between 2.5 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.