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• Jackie Vancauwenberghe, Tielt (B), België († 1985)
• Oostveen, Kerkrade (LI, NLD) († 1948)
• Lucia Benegas, Bueños Aires
• Jan Cornelis van Vugt († 2010)
• Norbert Willems, Westvleteren, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1995)
• Hugh Joseph HUEBSCHWERLEN, Devils Lake, Ramsey, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Maria Wilhelmina van Leeuwen, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Levenloos geboren Konst, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Dale Earl Bull, Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, New York, United States of America († 2019)
• Harrie Meulman, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)

• Doodgeborene Dietz, Gouda (ws Ziekenhuis)
• Arie De ZEEUW (83), Zuid-Beijerland
• Alice May Findlow (64), Macclesfield RD, Cheshire, England
• Angestinus van den Heuvel (67), Nijmegen
• Dirk Hendrickus Ekkelboom (80), Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Oostveen (0), Kerkrade (LI, NLD)
• Anna Cornelia Lucia Van Wezel (70), Alphen en Riel,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
• Carrie Agnes Upton (born Blodgett) (90), Saint Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, United States
• Daniëlla Josepha Pulinx (2), Zepperen, België
• Unknown (57)

• 1946 » Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
• 1946 » Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1947 » Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
• 1947 » Gail Carson Levine, American author
• 1947 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1947 » Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office († 2018)
• 1948 » John Ritter, American actor and producer († 2003)
• 1948 » Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1949 » Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1950 » Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India (2001-14) and politician, 14th Prime Minister of India

• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)

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. Petronella
9. Hendrika
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.
• 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 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

The temperature on September 17, 1948 was between 10.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.