About the day » Saturday September 11, 1948Calender converter

• Pamela Lee Smith, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jacoba Cornelia Francisca Heijstek, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Douwe Medema, Texel († 2016)
• Marinus Smit († 2001)
• Johannes Gerardus Petrus Martinus Dekkers, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gisela Speckmann († 2017)
• Maritje Meino Johanna VAN DER SLUIS, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2010)
• Nn Plettenberg, Maastricht († 1948)
• Hendrika Willemina Schreurs, Groenland, Markelo († 2005)
• Wilhelmus Adrianus Marinus Santegoets, Tilburg († 2007)

• Caroline Wilhelmine Zars (65), Addison
• Alida Johanna van Dijk (57), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Duit (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Florek (0), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Horman (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Schoonhoven (72), Wilnis
• Dirkje Visscher (70), Den Haag, Nederland
• August Wuyts (23)
• Alphonsus Josephus Vercauteren (48), Temse
• Catharina Maria Cornelia van de Wouw (53), Tilburg

• 1946 » Anthony Browne, English author and illustrator
• 1946 » Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
• 1946 » Jim Shoulder, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » John Roberts, Welsh footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1948 » John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Bill Whittington, American racing driver
• 1949 » Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
• 1950 » Amy Madigan, American actress
• 1950 » Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
• 1950 » Bruce Doull, Australian footballer

• 1939 » Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 1952 » Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter († 1913)
• 1956 » Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1957 » James Burns, English cricketer (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Mary Proctor, American astronomer (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)

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.
• January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
• July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.

The temperature on September 11, 1948 was between 13.7 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.