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• Johanna van de Vooren, Dodewaard (Gelderland) Nederland)
• Bertha Wilhelmina Kooi, Voorschoten († 2014)
• nn Tangenberg, Hoogeveen
• Stewart Thomas Scofield, Gary, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Gerhardus Bernardus Kamphuis, Geesteren († 1976)
• Jean-Claude LESSIRE, Fosses-la-Ville, 5070, Namur, Belgique († 2020)
• Merk Kingma, Wartena, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Otto Verrips, Vinkeveen-Waverveen († 1975)
• Rokus Klos, Zoetermeer († 2012)
• Astrid Hillebregt, Den Haag († 1948)

• Anna Maria Johanna Boerboom (58), Rotterdam
• Adriana Hendrika Vonk (48), Watergraafsmeer
• Aaltje de Vries (88), Schoonoord, Drenthe, Nederland
• Almarine Sidney Radclyffe (48)
• Aaltje Middelkoop (64), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carmelita Turatti (30), Sombrio, Santa Catarina, Brazil
• Arie Hermanus Pruijssers (77), Raamsdonk
• Albert Jesse Cannon (78)
• Carrie Halford ASHLOCK (76), Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States of America
• Aaltje de Vries (88), Schoonoord

• 1947 » John Rowles, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Subhash Kak, Indian-American professor and author
• 1948 » Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 » Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 » Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 » Fran Sheehan, American bass player
• 1949 » Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 2016)
• 1949 » Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 » Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 » Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer

• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)

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.
• January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
• March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on March 26, 1948 was between -0.3 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.