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• Robert Kleinhout († 2018)
• Johannes de Boorder, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Irma Theresia Schreijnders, Utrecht
• Frank van Baalen, Den Haag, Nederland († 1977)
• doodgeboren Moor, 's-Gravenzande († 1948)
• Mary Lynn Wilterdink († 1948)
• Patricia Lynn Kilby, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Adam de JONG († 2005)
• Tieleman Hendrik (Tino) BECKS, Arnhem (NL/GE) († 2015)
• Michael David Rankin, Lansing, Michigan († 1948)

• Bertha van Dam (69), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Antonia Cornelia Sloos (72), Leiden
• Agnes WHEATCROFT (82)
• Aymon Van Italie (47), Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
• Aimone Prince Of Savoy (47)
• Aimone van ITALIE (47), Buenos Aires, Argentinia
• Dennis Richard Theo Blanton (5)
• Antje Luiktjes van Duinen (85), Opende
• Cathalina Anna Bakker (68), Wissenkerke
• Aymon van Italie (47), Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina

• 1945 » Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) († 2016)
• 1945 » Michael Dorris, American author and scholar († 1997)
• 1946 » John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
• 1947 » Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1948 » Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic
• 1948 » Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1949 » Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 » Jack Newton, Australian golfer
• 1951 » Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

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. Gerardus
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 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
• April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
• June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.

The temperature on January 30, 1948 was between 6.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.