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• Maria Hendrina Elisabeth van der Sterren, Nijmegen († 1948)
• Robert Spilman Spacek, Quitman, Wood County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Anneke van den Hurk, Beneden Leeuwen († 1999)
• Hendrik van Rijn, Katwijk († 2016)
• Louis Jacobs, Ulestraten († 1989)
• Lia de Boer, Ursem († 2008)
• Douwe Jentjes Hofstra, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Lucia Vels, Haarlem († 2004)
• Danielle Yvonne Fransiose Apers, Lommel, België († 2013)
• Anneke van den Hurk, Beneden-Leeuwen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)

• Antonio Pereira Fiuza (63), Tatui, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus van Weert (73), Waalre
• Carolus Franciscus Willebrordus Moritz (2), Schiedam
• Antonia Maria Speeks (71), Schijndel
• Christina Wilhelmina Bosman (57), Wageningen
• Catharina Elisabeth Liduina Maria Leenderts (0), Schiedam, Nederland
• Aaron Crosby (81)
• Ari van Dijk (43)
• Adriaan Wijngaard van de (89), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Thijssen (70), Groesbeek, Gelderland,Netherlands

• 1944 » Richard Belzer, American actor
• 1945 » Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1950 » Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1950 » N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
• 1951 » Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic

• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)

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.
• 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.
• May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
• July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
• September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.

The temperature on August 4, 1948 was between 12.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.