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• Carlos Juan Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo, Madrid, Spanje
• Nn Goeman, Onstwedde († 1948)
• Hans Gelders, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Aaltje Buitenhuis († 2010)
• Georgette Rosez, Sint Gillis Dendermonde († 1996)
• Joannes Henricus Gerardus Knapen, Nederweert († 1972)
• Leendert Cornelis Dam, Delft († 1948)
• Johannes Henricus Gerardus Knapen, Nederweert († 1972)
• Gerrit Peters († 1990)
• Levensloos Delcour, Hasselt, België († 1948)

• Charles Samuel Culbertson (52)
• Anna Elisabeth (Eliza) Martens (78), Nuth, Nederland
• Antje van der Tweel (71), Utrecht
• Charley Anderson Hagar (71), Hermitage, Davidson County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Antje "Annie" Sleper (66), Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., IA
• Andries Fokkema (36), Hoogeveen
• Constantia Maria Dorothea Franken (73), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annabelle J. "Anna" Parker (79), Laurel, Kentucky
• Anna Elisabeth Martens (78), Nuth, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arie Kanbier (54), Leiden

• 1947 » Paul Jackson, English director and producer
• 1947 » Ward Churchill, American author and activist
• 1948 » Avery Brooks, American actor and singer
• 1948 » Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor († 2005)
• 1948 » Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
• 1948 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 († 1998)
• 1948 » Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1948 » Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
• 1949 » Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
• 1949 » Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Jacob

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.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• September 14 » The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• September 17 » The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.

The temperature on October 2, 1948 was between 10.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.