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• Leonardus Franciscus Gerhardus Pierik, Hengelo († 2018)
• Glennie Annetee Nolan († 1948)
• Duane Allen ter Hark, Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota († 1995)
• Nanno Jacob Jager, Nieuw Beerta († 2007)
• gerrit FIX, spijkenisse († 2019)
• Steven C Breckenridge, Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States († 2011)
• Darrel Keith Fritz, Frederick, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Josephus Hendrikus Maria van der Valk, Rotterdam
• Theodora Frieling, Ubbergen, Nederland († 1948)
• Augustina Alida Anna Calis, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Cornelis Johannes Willem van Marion (46), Balik Papan/Borneo
• "Wilhelmina" Mina Mina (73), Nijmegen, NL
• Barbara de Graaf (80), Bussum
• Betje van den Berg (83), Jutphaas
• Christina Margaretha Walther (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Elisabeh Hendrix (62), Zepperen, België
• Ailid PIROTTE (90), Wandre, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Alfons Van den Bergh (26), Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Bartje de Graaf (80), Bussum (NH, NLD)
• Catharina Maria SWART (73), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1946 » Peggy Lipton, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1946 » Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
• 1947 » Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1948 » Fred Hampton, American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party († 1969)
• 1948 » Lewis Black, American comedian, actor, and author
• 1948 » Victor Skumin, Russian psychiatrist, psychologist, and academic
• 1949 » Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation
• 1949 » Ted Ammon, American financier and banker († 2001)
• 1950 » Antony Gormley, English sculptor and academic
• 1951 » Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor

• 1940 » J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Eddy de Neve, Indonesian-Dutch footballer and lieutenant (b. 1885)
• 1943 » Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Alfréd Schaffer, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)
• 1947 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)
• 1949 » Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)

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.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on August 30, 1948 was between 5.5 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.