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• Lammy Kremer, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2019)
• Marinus Koelink, Eindhoven († 2013)
• Gregorius Johannes Maria Pols, Dordrecht († 1998)
• Cohava Weizmann, Tangier, Morocco († 2007)
• Greogorius Wilhelmus Johannes Pols, Dordrecht († 1998)
• Norma Jean Zoellner, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Reinhart Frans George van Lansberge, Den Haag
• Doodgeboren kind le Maire, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Neil Patrick McKenna, Glen Cove New York, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• N.N. Bouwmeester, Rotterdam († 1948)

• Doodgeboren kind le Maire (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casper Hendrik Keuker (78), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Joanna Klerks (19), Nieuwe Wetering (Alkemade)
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Akker (40)
• Eva Helena Meschendorp (62), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christian S 'Chris' Maust (87), Elk Lick Township Somerset County Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Franke (61), Philadelphia, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Johanna de Kogel (59), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charlotte Eleonore Louise Lette (83), Ubbergen,Gemeente Ubbergen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Cornelia Hendrika Jacoba Krabbe (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1946 » Jim Kiick, American football player
• 1946 » Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player
• 1947 » Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » John Varley, American author
• 1947 » Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
• 1948 » Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
• 1949 » Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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.
• January 30 » British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• 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.
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.

The temperature on August 9, 1948 was between 12.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.