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• David Percival Flores, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago († 2006)
• Franciscus Laurentius Baalman, Gouderak († 2007)
• Francina Arina Maasland, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel, Moordrecht († 1948)
• Mary Dean ROYLANCE, Logan, Cache County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Dieuwke Diestelhof, Zwolle († 2017)
• Albert Schonewille, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2024)
• Richarda Antonia Johanna van Daatselaar, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• E.F (Freddie) Schelfhorst, Almelo († 2014)
• Lina Stoker († 2019)

• Abraham Esselbrugge (56), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Ravenhorst (82), Baarn
• auguste adnet (84), fays les veneurs
• Adaline Keziah "Kay" Hazlett (88), Armstrong County, United States of America
• Bartholomeus Josephus Nijssen (64), Rijkhoven (Bilzen)
• Anna Jacoba Maria Ebeling (75), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Abraham Esselbrugge (56), Meppel, Nederland
• Abraham Albertsz Esselbrugge (57), Meppel, Drente
• Adriana van Nieuwkoop (65), Leiden
• Annechien Venema (44), Stadskanaal, Nederland

• 1947 » Bob Lewis, American guitarist
• 1947 » David Franzoni, American screenwriter and film producer
• 1947 » Jan Garbarek, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
• 1948 » Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist († 2015)
• 1948 » James Ellroy, American writer
• 1948 » Jean O'Leary, American nun and activist († 2005)
• 1948 » Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author
• 1948 » Mike Moran, English musician, songwriter and record producer
• 1948 » Shakin' Stevens, British singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1944 » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
• 1944 » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (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. 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.
• February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
• 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.
• September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on March 4, 1948 was between -3.3 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.