About the day » Wednesday May 26, 1948Calender converter

• Johannes Grietus de Vries, Klazienaveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Harley H. Sievenpiper, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada († 1988)
• Dick Kaptein, Zaandam († 2014)
• Jacobje de Boer, Urk († 2005)
• Viveen, 's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1948)
• Johanna Frederica Maria Catharina den Otter, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2023)
• David James Montgomery, Bristol Tennesee, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Calvin Gene Kooiman († 2012)
• Antoinette Helena Portasse, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Josephina de Wit († 1948)

• Bernardus Franciscus Buiting (67), Kilder, Gelderland, Nederland
• Augustinus Van Hout (84), Bevel, 2590, België
• Christiaan Boetes (57), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Haas (70), Haren
• Adriana Kerstens (71), Effen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Maas (71), Eersel
• arij DIJKSHOORN (70), vlaardinger ambacht
• Annigje Visser (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Catharina Jansen (61), Tilburg
• Augusta Wedeking (81), Clarksville, Butler County, Iowa

• 1946 » Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian gymnast and coach
• 1947 » Carol O'Connell, American author and painter
• 1947 » Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer
• 1948 » Stevie Nicks, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Anne McGuire, Scottish educator and politician
• 1949 » Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Jeremy Corbyn, British journalist and politician
• 1949 » Pam Grier, American actress
• 1949 » Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
• 1949 » Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer, developed the first wiki

• 1939 » Charles Horace Mayo, American physician, co-founded Mayo Clinic (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist, composer, and educator (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Edsel Ford, American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Christian Wirth, German SS officer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Lincoln Ellsworth, American explorer (b. 1880)
• 1954 » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 1955 » Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Philip Kassel, American gymnast (b. 1876)

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. Jacob
16. Gerardus

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 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
• 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 May 26, 1948 was between 8.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.