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• Marlies Peeters († 2009)
• Anna-Marie Geerinckx, Mol, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen († 2015)
• Johan Scholten, Haaksbergen († 2002)
• Annie Quintens, Brugge († 2023)
• Dingenis Pieter Fortuin, Wissenkerke († 2013)
• NN Heis († 1948)
• Bernard Johannes Westdijk, Haarlem († 1998)
• Annie Sasbrink, Nijverdal († 2023)
• van den Barselaar, Wassenaar († 1948)
• Gulliam Maria Couwenberg, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)

• Bernardus Wannet (83), Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Dorothea Noordhoff (66), Groningen
• Carrie Lois Button-Outman (53), Middlebury Center, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Hendrina de Wolf (45), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Albert van den Bor (61), Ermelo
• Alphonsus Maria Joseph van Rooy (64), Helden,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida JONGEWAARD (53), Soest,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berend Slijkhuis (71), Garderen
• Apolonia Halvemaan (71), Alkemade
• Aart van Hees (83), Zaltbommel (Gld), Nederland

• 1946 » Gary Bauer, American political activist
• 1946 » John Barnard, English car designer
• 1946 » John Watson, British race car driver
• 1947 » John Bosley, Canadian businessman and politician, 31st Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1947 » Ronald Sørensen, Dutch historian and politician
• 1947 » Trivimi Velliste, Estonian politician, 17th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Alison Britton, English sculptor and educator
• 1948 » Hurley Haywood, American race car driver
• 1948 » King George Tupou V of Tonga, († 2012)
• 1949 » Graham Swift, English novelist and short story writer

• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Karl Robert Pusta, Estonian politician, 4th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)

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 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• September 14 » The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
• 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 May 4, 1948 was between 1.1 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.