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• Judith Louise Duffey ^, Victoria, Australia († 1989)
• Doris Maria Moll, Oggersheim, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland († 1948)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van Luttikhuizen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Tjeerd Martens Vis, Zeist († 1949)
• Wilhelmina Antonia Cornelia Maria VERMEER, Tilburg
• mathias gertrudis wilhelmina (mathieu) sijben, neer († 1969)
• Maria Jacoba Wilhelmina Stoops, Utrecht († 2012)
• Frans Diederik Leupen, Hoogeveen († 2017)
• Hans Verbeek, Haarlemmermeer († 2020)
• Mary Ann Hulsebus († 1981)

• Arend Bijkerk * (75), Meppel
• Albert Antoinette Hofman (13), Sittard
• Adriana BOER (76), Dirksland
• Bernardus Adrianus de Weille (82), Baarn
• Anna Christina Johanna Veeren (68), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antonius van de Mortel (71), Eindhoven
• Aurelua Niemeijer (75), Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana BOER (76), Middelharnis
• Antonie Lips (83), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Borkes (73), Deventer, Nederland

• 1946 » François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
• 1946 » Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
• 1947 » Charlie Joiner, American football player
• 1947 » Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler († 2018)
• 1947 » Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 1987)
• 1948 » Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer
• 1948 » Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
• 1949 » Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
• 1949 » Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
• 1949 » Katha Pollitt, American poet and author

• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)

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. Jacob
16. Gerardus

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 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
• September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.
• 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.
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.

The temperature on October 14, 1948 was between 7.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.