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• Nicolaas Willem Dijs, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 2018)
• nicolaas HOOGWERF, goudswaard († 1970)
• Jos Bultynck, Gent († 1999)
• Daniel TenPas, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2018)
• Visser, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)
• Johannes Lenaerts, Maastricht († 1951)
• Jan Mulder, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Jos Halters, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Florence Maee Banks, Sioux City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Johannes Hendrikus Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije) († 1993)

• Cornelis Jacobsz Bouwman (61), Laren
• Anna Josephina Beaudoux (55), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alides Mitus (77), Apeldoorn
• Visser (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alida Schenk (78), Rotterdam
• Anna Quint (76), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Mussert (53), Heiloo, Noord Holland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Ribbing (70), Aschendorf
• Alida de Graaf (55), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Caroline Alberta Buchanan (0)

• 1947 » Gene Green, American lawyer and politician
• 1947 » Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1947 » Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco
• 1947 » Robert Post, American educator and academic
• 1948 » George Wendt, American actor and comedian
• 1948 » Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress († 2018)
• 1948 » Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer
• 1948 » Robert Jordan, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1949 » Bill Hudson, American musician and actor
• 1949 » Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados

• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)

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 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.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• 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.
• August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on October 17, 1948 was between 8.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.