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• Doodgeboren zoon Lavrijsen, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• hubertus jozef wilhelmus (huub) verber, maasbree († 2011)
• Elisa Serrato Gloria, Allende, Coahuila, México († 2005)
• Leonarda Maria Cornelia Bogers, Woensdrecht († 1998)
• Gerritje Harms Herrema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• Marie Louise Rita Francisca Cools († 2001)
• Jos Halters, Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Johannes Hendrikus Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije) († 1993)
• Aalt van de Glind, Terschuur (Barneveld) († 2018)
• Michele Yvonne SIMON, Fenain, 59227, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2002)

• Alida Schenk (78), Rotterdam
• Visser (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Arnoldus Ambriola (80), Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• AUGUSTIN Andreas KURTH (59), Seulingen
• Anna Josephina Beaudoux (55), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnold Anne Weerman (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Abraham van der Meulen (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelia Tukker (85), Maarssen
• Alida de Graaf (55), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Lambertus Boom (34), Rotterdam

• 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)

• 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.
• May 13 » Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
• May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

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.