About the day » Tuesday January 20, 1948Calender converter

• Jakob (Jaap) Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Marcus Carolus Johannes Meijer, Maastricht († 2012)
• Cornelis Theodorus Collé, Culemborg († 1997)
• de Backer, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolina Johanna Maria Vrakking, Naarden († 1955)
• Jakob Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Joannes Gerardus Maria Kolner, Hertme († 1970)
• Francisca Antonia Adriana Maria Hamers, Tilburg († 1948)
• Hendrik Marcus MEYER, Oudeschoot († 1948)
• Ada de Jong, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Agnes Jansen (74), Zaandam
• Berend Jan Wolbink (60), radewijk
• Adriana van den Boogaart (7), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Elizabeth Dobrée Butler (80)
• Bernard "Brian" McAuley (84), Antrim, Ireland
• Anna Dorothea Thiele (91)
• Adrianus Antonius van den Dungen (31), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aafke (Willems) Vis (0), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Casper F. Thomas (79), Pierce, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Sybrens Bergsma (56), Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster († 2013)
• 1946 » David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
• 1947 » Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1948 » Nancy Kress, American author and academic
• 1948 » Natan Sharansky, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
• 1949 » Göran Persson, Swedish lawyer and politician, 31st Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1950 » Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
• 1950 » Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
• 1950 » William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance († 2014)

• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

• 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 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• June 22 » The ship HMTEmpire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
• 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 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.

The temperature on January 20, 1948 was between -1.2 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.