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• Gerald Lynn Stroud (ADOPTED), Los Angeles, California († 2003)
• Michel Jean Henri Vaneyck, Sint-Truiden, België († 1978)
• Hillegonda Jantina Zwiers, Amsterdam († 1948)
• Margaretha Bauer, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• Terrence William SMITH, Leven, Tasmania, Australia († 2019)
• George Henry Child-Villiers († 1998)
• Willem Petrus Steenman, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2003)
• Frederik Wagter, Katwijk († 2015)
• Hillegonda Jantina Zwiers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Petrus,Willibrordus Ruijter de († 2014)

• Annigje Stehouwer (76), Amersfoort
• Arnold van LEEUWEN (62), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Storm van Leeuwen (62), Laren,Gemeente Laren,North Holland,Netherlands
• Aaldert DALSEM (63), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Clasina Hittinger (71), Schiedam
• Albert Cornelis de Groot (94), Nijebrugge
• Aaltje Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (58), Diemen, Nederland
• Anne Jans Pera (77), Lutjegast
• Albert Kornelis de Groot (94), Heerenveen
• Anna Maria ( Elisabeth ) Ubachs (75), Guttecoven, Nederland

• 1946 » Bob Beamon, American long jumper
• 1946 » Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus († 2019)
• 1946 » Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
• 1946 » Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
• 1947 » James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1947 » Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
• 1948 » Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
• 1949 » Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor
• 1950 » Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1950 » Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)

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.
• February 25 » In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
• April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
• April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
• May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 29, 1948 was between 4.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.