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• Theo Corneliszn. Dorhout, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Harry Timmerman († 2008)
• Jean Alain Gabriel DOMANCHIN, Esternay (51),51200,Marne,FRANCE († 1963)
• Anna Margaretha Funke
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Habraken, Son, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• NN de Weijer, Tiel
• Maria Theresia Joanna Verstraeten, Bornem († 1996)
• Gerardus Johannes Franciscus van Eeden, Wassenaar († 2007)
• Albert Snippe, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Edith Boüan du Chef du Bos († 2014)

• Arnoldus Luimes (82), Zelhem
• Berendina Teeuwsen (67), Utrecht(Utr.)
• Berendina TEEUWSEN (67), Utrecht, Nederland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus Luimes (82), Zelhem
• Christiaan Kamping (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Doodeman (62), Castricum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Doek (89), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius van de Wiel (67), Berghem
• Aaltje Roelofs (70), Winschoten, Gr, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Staats (83), Tilburg NB Netherlands

• 1946 » Jack Straw, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1946 » John York, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Robert Ayling, English businessman
• 1946 » Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter († 2004)
• 1947 » Ralph Wright, English footballer († 2020)
• 1948 » Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
• 1949 » B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter
• 1949 » Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
• 1949 » Sue Slipman, English politician
• 1950 » Linda Howard, American author

• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

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. Jacob
16. Gerardus

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 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 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.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on August 3, 1948 was between 14.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.