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• Beatrix HENDRIKS, Amsterdam († 2022)
• Luiz Fernando Cunha Santos, Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brasil († 2016)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Leonardus Cornelis Van der Veeke, Hoensbroek († 1996)
• Darlene Diane Gloden, Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2009)
• Carol Jean Akkerman, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2020)
• Johannes (Jan) Fransen, Nijmegen († 1954)
• N.N. Eggink, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Cornelis Wilfriedius Vincentius Bergmans, Breda
• Infant Daughter Earl († 1948)
• Lodewijk Gommaar Frans Van den Branden, Duffel (Antwerpen)

• Augustina Maria Johanna van Melsem (52), Kennemerland Zandvoort Akte Jaar 1948 Nummer 21
• Albrecht von Stolberg-Wernigerode (62), Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Audry Blanche Wright (39), San Francisco, California
• David Purviance Martin (73)
• Christianus Cornelis Moret (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Cornelis Moret (81), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Zandbergen (50), Leiden
• Alida Johanna Maria Bruijnzeels (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Newton (75)
• Alphonsus Maria van Wanroij (70), Oploo

• 1945 » Anthony Braxton, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1945 » Daniel Topolski, English rower and coach († 2015)
• 1945 » Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1947 » Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
• 1948 » Bob Champion, English jockey
• 1948 » Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
• 1949 » Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
• 1949 » Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop († 2012)

• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
• 1941 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1951 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)

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. Gerardus
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.
• May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on June 4, 1948 was between 7.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.