About the day » Sunday January 4, 1948Calender converter

• Doodgeboren kind de Boer, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Gerrie Legius († 1998)
• Colette FRANCART, Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique († 2021)
• Kind Kroes, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Mery Westbroek, Rotterdam
• Beerent Leinenga († 1995)
• Elbert Jan Jozef Lankreijer, Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2022)
• Bobbie Sue Hill, Bristol, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Erik Ypey, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Nico Theodorus Martinus Kleverlaan († 1974)

• Albertus Huisman (28), Groningen
• Arie Bloos (8), Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Beus (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adelbert Delbert Vanderpool (66), Sayre, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Jonker (78), Wassenaar,Gemeente Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alva C. Pitchford (68)
• Helge (0), Voorburg
• Anna Maria Mary Ann Spader (82), Germanville, Butler Twp., Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Schuur (82), Renkum, Nederland
• (Carrie Ida) Gerdina Hendrika Van Binsberger (61), USA

• 1942 » Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician
• 1943 » Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
• 1943 » Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
• 1945 » Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1947 » Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer

• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)

• 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.
• April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.

The temperature on January 4, 1948 was between 9.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.