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• Johannes Antonius Smit, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2022)
• Lyle Francis Valk, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Robert E Lee Hicks Jr, Hansonville, Russell, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Didier Guillaume Marie Jean Hubert NOBLESSE, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2019)
• Jan Zwart, amsterdam, Nederland († 2016)
• Nicolaas "Nico" van Beelen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• van Schalkwijk, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1948)
• Maria Adriana Nicolina JANSSEN, Dreumel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Josephus Johannes Maria Gemma (Jos) Aangenendt, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1996)
• Josephina Hubertina (Jose) Siroo, Mill en Sint Hubert (N.Br.) († 2019)

• Alida Schuit (41), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kuik (40), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Cornelia Buitenhuis (85), Zwolle
• Adrianus van der Borst (75), Etten-Leur
• Anna Catharina Justina Dirckx (67), Roosendaal
• Anna Wilhelmina van Gendt (79), Cuijck en Sint Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Smeets (69), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albert Kuik (40), Hoogeveen
• Ana Elídia de Figueiredo (91), Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Bastiaan Gerrit Willemstein (49), Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States

• 1947 » Brian Hill, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 » Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter († 2013)
• 1947 » Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
• 1947 » Tanith Lee, English author († 2015)
• 1947 » Thomas H. Cook, American author and academic
• 1948 » Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1948 » Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
• 1949 » Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler
• 1949 » Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer

• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)

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 25 » In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
• March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• 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.
• July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
• 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.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.

The temperature on September 19, 1948 was between 6.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.