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• Joseph Lynn Behrman, Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States († 2018)
• Cornelia Elisabeth van Loenhout, Halsteren († 1949)
• Doodgeboren kind van de Laak, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Agnes Adriana Theodora Maria van der Burg, Schipluiden († 1948)
• Hanna Mook, Utrecht, Nederland († 2003)
• Ludo Neven, Vliermaal, België († 2023)
• samuël de lange, rotterdam († 2017)
• adrianus Broeren, roosendaal († 2004)
• Frederik van Diepen, Avereest († 1972)
• Hendrikus Adrianus Maria Johannes Beelen, Noordwijkerhout († 2011)

• Christina_Johanna Eversteijn (69), Den Haag
• Anna Friday (75), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Bijl (71), Piershil, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Smits (64), Vught
• Contze, Wilhelm Gustaaf Diederich (37), Rotterdam
• Annechien van der Heide, Roderwolde (Roden
• * Cornelis van Kekem (77), Utrecht
• Adrianus Smits (64), Vught (N.Br)
• Catharina Kuypers (82), Soest, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolina Frederika Sijmons (47), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1947 » Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
• 1947 » Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
• 1947 » Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
• 1947 » Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons († 2009)
• 1947 » Mariska Veres, Dutch singer († 2006)
• 1947 » Martin Turner, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 » Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher († 2013)
• 1947 » Stephen Collins, American actor and director
• 1948 » Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2000)

• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)

• 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.
• February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
• 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.
• June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

The temperature on October 1, 1948 was between 4.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.