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• Antonius Pius Maria van DULMEN, Ammerzoden,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Dirk (Dikkie) Heinhuis *, Steenwijk († 2015)
• Gert Labots, Wezep († 2023)
• Antonia Aletta Margaretha Hoekstra († 2014)
• Henk Kreeft († 1993)
• Maria Ludovica Catharina Oomens, Gilze,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• James Allen Bruns († 2016)
• Gerardus Johannes Cornelis Raven, Hilversum († 2000)
• Marianne CREUSEN († 2002)
• Cees Leemans, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)

• Arie Pieter VAN BALEN (0), Maassluis,Zuid-Holland,NEDERLAND
• Aalbertus Jan Kuiter (25), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Antonio José Alves Sampaio (84), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arendje Vermaat (van Eijsden) (65), Rotterdam
• Aaltje KOERS (44), Kerkrade, Limburg, NEDERLAND
• APOLONIA VAN HAREN (81), VLAARDINGEN
• Adriana Vermaas (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerritsen (83), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria de Vries (68), Rotterdam
• Antje Molenaar (76), Warmenhuizen

• 1946 » André the Giant, French-American wrestler and actor († 1993)
• 1946 » Claude Lelièvre, Belgian activist
• 1946 » Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
• 1947 » Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
• 1947 » David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 1947 » Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1949 » Archie Manning, American football player
• 1949 » Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 » Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician

• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)

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.
• March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• May 15 » Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
• 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.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.

The temperature on May 19, 1948 was between 9.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.