About the day » Tuesday June 8, 1948Calender converter

• Johanna Petronella Josepha van der Sterren, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 2008)
• anneke KORTEWEG, oud-beijerland († 1996)
• Annemie battels, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Josefine Kamping, Schardingen (Beesten)
• Gerrit Jan van Mourik, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 2022)
• Anna Reindina Jacoba Maria Kolkman, Groenlo
• Alida Gerdina Maria Hoften, Haarlem († 2010)
• Dann Lee Todd ****, Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States († 2015)
• Gerhard Tjabe Reins, Weener († 1993)
• Maria Mosterd, Maasland (Midden-Delfland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)

• Antoon Vleeshouwers (75), Limbricht
• Antonius Van Rheede, Zutphen
• Antonius Hendrikus Kluijtmans (74), Vught
• Adriana Petronella van der Linden (77), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cynthia Ann Lowman (88), Bloom City, Richland County, Wisconsin, 53581, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria Cornelia (Jeanne) Tuerlings (76), Doetinchem
• Berendina Wassink (72), Zelhem
• Anna Christina Croes (75), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Arie Gijsbertsz Vugt van (53), Rotterdam
• * Jacobus Petrus Gijsbertus Breij (22), Harderwijk, Gelderland, NL

• 1945 » Derek Underwood, English cricketer
• 1945 » Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet († 2014)
• 1946 » Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1947 » Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
• 1947 » Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Sara Paretsky, American author
• 1949 » Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
• 1949 » Hildegard Falck, German runner
• 1950 » Kathy Baker, American actress
• 1950 » Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer

• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

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.
• January 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• 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 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on June 8, 1948 was between 9.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.