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• Griet Schilder, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 2023)
• N. Doornbos, Emmen
• Johanna Maria Noorlander, Alblasserdam († 1991)
• Christine Edna Bossenmeyer († 1996)
• F.J.M. van der Vliet, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Wilhelmina Regoort, Maassluis
• Zijlstra, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Erwin-Henri COLLETTE, Malmedy, Belgique († 1977)
• NELLY NOPP († 2014)
• N.N. VERNOOIJ, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)

• Adriaantje Jacoba van den Blink (45), Rotterdam
• Antonius Jacobus Josephus Geldens (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriana (Diana) van de Laar (65), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Berend Christoffer Lodewijk Hendrik Blauw (79), Groningen
• Alida Berendsd Froklage (75), Losser
• Antonia Wilhelmina HERTENBERG (69), Arnhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Maria Weijgaert (65), Etten-Leur, N-Br, NL
• Zijlstra (0), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anke de Liefde (42), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Benjamina Blommers (71), Dordrecht

• 1945 » Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1946 » Alison Steadman, English actress
• 1946 » Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
• 1947 » Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1949 » Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
• 1949 » Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2019)
• 1951 » Bill Whitaker, American journalist
• 1951 » Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
• 1951 » Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter († 2014)

• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)

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.
• May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
• 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.
• May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.

The temperature on August 26, 1948 was between 13.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.