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• Robert Kloos, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2012)
• Lamberdina Elisabeth Johanna Maria Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Koekoek, Hoogeveen, Nederland († 1948)
• Lammigje Koekoek, Nieuweroord, Westerbork, Nederland († 2003)
• Sylvia Beckers († 1998)
• Dinie (Lamberdina Elisabeth Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Johanna Francisca Tjerks († 1970)
• Jacobus Johannes Derey, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1948)
• Pieter Meije Wink, Leeuwarden, fr.nld († 1963)
• Pieter van Gulik, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• Antje van der Wees (92)
• Anthonia Dorothea Hoeke (43), Delft
• Abraham Sipkes Rauwerda (75), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana den Engelsman (79), Axel (Gem Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Arend Jacob Noordijk (62), Kampen
• Anne (Tjammes) Vis (29), Oudehaske, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Nagel (87), Weesp
• Antonetta Litjens (79), Horst, Li.NL
• Adrianus KOK (67), Dordrecht
• Annigje Nijmeijer (46)

• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic
• 1948 » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1953 » Mary Steenburgen, American actress

• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)

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.
• June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
• November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.

The temperature on February 8, 1948 was between 7.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 13.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.