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• levenloos geboren kind van Pieter Teunis SAP, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Theadora Moonen, 's Hertogenbosch († 1991)
• Janis Lafollette, Wellington, Kansas, VS († 2020)
• NN Drijfhout, Leeuwarden
• walter émile MARQUARDT, Hornu (Belgium) († 1992)
• Josephina Alida Stephania Jansen, Den Haag († 2017)
• Theodorus Reinier van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Ruth Ann Reece, Newport News, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Antoon Smits († 1957)
• Petrus Franciscus Maria van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1956)

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• Arnoldus van der Lee (69), Vlijmen
• Consuelo Flores (34), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Wolters (89), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Carolus Ludovicus SORGELOOS (70), Kester,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Epifanio Schwengle (72), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Adrianes Maria Van Oostaijen (55)
• Eve Marie Marcelle Rin (24), Buxscieres les Froncles
• Albert Lotman (69), Beverwijk, Nederland
• antonie REEDIJK (58), strijen

• 1946 » Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
• 1946 » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago († 2016)
• 1947 » Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
• 1947 » Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) († 2016)
• 1948 » Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor († 2014)
• 1949 » Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
• 1949 » Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
• 1949 » Sib Hashian, American rock drummer († 2017)
• 1949 » Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer († 2013)

• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

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.
• January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
• April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).

The temperature on August 17, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.