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• Edith Boüan du Chef du Bos († 2014)
• Jean Alain Gabriel DOMANCHIN, Esternay (51),51200,Marne,FRANCE († 1963)
• Maria Theresia Joanna Verstraeten, Bornem († 1996)
• Emmiel Margarethus Kruithof, Lange Ruige Weide († 2015)
• Gerardus Johannes Franciscus van Eeden, Wassenaar († 2007)
• Leo Anne Kooistra, Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Qadria Saleh († 1949)
• Antônio Eustaquio Pereira, Bom Jesus da Vereda MG Brazilië
• Sake Koopman, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1954)
• Pieter Eveleens, Amsterdam († 1973)

• Adam Eilderts Kuiken (75), St. Annaparochie
• Cornelia Doodeman (62), Castricum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Zundert (71), Eindhoven
• Bertram George McCully Lillie Wood (57), Kaapstad (Zuid Afrika)
• Adam Eilderts Kuiken (75), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Doek (89), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charlotte "Lottie" Perie (76), Clarkrange, Fentress, Tennessee
• Anna Maria Steffens (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Susanna Dorlijn (66), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Steffers (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1946 » Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1946 » John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Robert Ayling, English businessman
• 1946 » Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1947 » Ralph Wright, English footballer († 2020)
• 1948 » Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
• 1949 » B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter
• 1949 » Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
• 1949 » Sue Slipman, English politician
• 1950 » Linda Howard, American author

• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

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.
• March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

The temperature on August 3, 1948 was between 14.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.