About the day » Thursday August 5, 1948Calender converter

• Johannes Adam Schaarman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Gezina Sophia Wevers, Hengelo († 2007)
• Cornelis Sijl, Huizen(NH) († 1999)
• Christine Cwik, Chicago (Illinois, USA) († 2005)
• Adriana Petronella Maria Gosens, Gilze († 2009)
• Pieternella van Damme, Ouwerkerk († 1953)
• Ria Frasa, Hagestein, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Geessien Alida Fouwina Irene Hovingh, Ketapang, Indonesië († 1998)
• Janet Burzycki, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Gerrie Kok, Watergang, Landsmeer, Noord Holland, The Netherlands († 1985)

• Cornelis Marinus Heck (78), Rotterdam,-
• Catharine Wismer GRATER (67)
• Berendje Riemeijer (76), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis de HEUS (73), wadenoijen
• Agnes Baerten (79), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
• Antonius Merkx (81), Loon op Zand
• Antje Bosma (66), Gemeente Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfons Carolus Sels (63), Nijlen, België
• Casemirus Blommé (77), Geel, België
• Arendina ten Duis (70), Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1946 » Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1947 » Angry Anderson, Australian singer & actor
• 1947 » Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
• 1947 » France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1947 » Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1948 » David Hungate, American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger
• 1948 » Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
• 1948 » Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic

• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

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.
• May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.

The temperature on August 5, 1948 was between 11.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.