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• Arend Jan Floors, Winterswijk († 1954)
• Lidwina Felicia Maria Sutorius, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands († 2011)
• Hermina Louisa Barkel († 2001)
• Sharon Sue Stone, Garden City, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Petronella Antonia Allegonda Fleuren, Gennep, Nederland († 1948)
• Antonia Bastiaansen, Breda († 1948)
• Gijsbrecht van der Koogh, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Katia Bisiorek, Eijsden,, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• Elisabeth Hendrikje van Winterswijk, Amersfoort († 2003)
• Charlotte Ann Sas, Lincoln, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten

• Adriana Francisca van Zitteren (30), Rijswijk (NL)
• Cornelis Henricus Antonius den Ouden (39), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Wallekers (56), Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk de Liefde (39), Haarlem, Nederland
• Adriaan van Mook (79), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Joséphine Boutry (84), Herrin, Nord, France
• Carl Allen Meranda (57)
• Catharine Eleanor Hayes (87), Kinburn, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Adriana Barbara van den Hout (0), Eindhoven
• Cornelia Edeling (90), Nieuwerkerk ad IJssel

• 1943 » Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
• 1943 » Gareth Hunt, English actor († 2007)
• 1945 » Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
• 1946 » Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist († 2009)
• 1946 » Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1946 » Pete Postlethwaite, English actor († 2011)
• 1946 » Sammy Johns, American country music singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1949 » Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
• 1949 » Joe English, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Karen Joy Fowler, American author

• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)

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.
• April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.

The temperature on February 7, 1948 was between 2.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.