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• Adriana Hendrina Maria Luijben, Luttel-Herpt († 1959)
• Leslie Dale van der Lugt, Murray, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Kind van den Heuvel, Eindhoven († 1948)
• Joannes, Jacobus, Wilhelmus, Clemens Gommers, Nijmegen († 1948)
• Marinus Hendrikus van den Berg, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Jan Helfrich, Makkum († 2007)
• Jerine R. (Jeri) Potts, Evergreen Park (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Jerine R Potts, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Marie-José Camilla De bruyn, Bornem († 2015)
• Gerardus Jacobus Rijntjes, Utrecht († 1976)

• Antonia Mathilda Janssen (40), Belfeld,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cara C Blanton (83), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Corneel Cornelis Schrauwen (56), Turnhout B
• Antonius Frederikus Uittenhout (55), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Nicolau Decker (61), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anje Vos (84), Lutjegast, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Bastiaan ANDEWEG (64), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Albertje Kragt (53)
• "Guy" Charles Alain de Coëtlogon (67), Paris
• Adriaan Marinus Leendertse (65), Wissenkerke

• 1946 » Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 » Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1947 » Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer
• 1947 » Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1948 » Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 » Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1949 » John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Martin Amis, British novelist
• 1949 » Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic

• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

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 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
• July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• September 13 » Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

The temperature on August 25, 1948 was between 13.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.