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• Wilhelmina Juliana Hendrica Ghislaine Aengenendt, Heerlen († 1999)
• Anna Catharina PANNEKOEK, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Lenze Grooten, Emmen († 2016)
• William Gilbert Berlew, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 2011)
• Antje Gorter, Kollum, Fr., NL († 1967)
• Willem Gerrit Camphens, Naaldwijk († 2016)
• Wilhelmina Juliana Hendrica Ghislaine (Willeke) Aangenendt, Heerlen († 1999)
• Annie van Ommeren († 1998)
• NN Witlox, Tilburg, Nederland († 1948)
• Louise Bourquin, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2005)

• Annigje Fennigje Dirkje Hoogendonk (50), Emmen
• Christiaan Joannes Lambertus Hameleers (52), Berghoven, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Alexander Jacobus Hanssen (0), Heerlen
• Birdie Wyatta Marcroft (49), Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Schilder (62), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Ouwehand (70), Leiden
• Anna Maria Sloos (75), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Rijkers (66), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Elbertsen (72), Putten Gld
• Adriana Gerrits Ouwehand (70), Katwijk

• 1947 » Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
• 1947 » Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
• 1947 » Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
• 1947 » Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1947 » Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
• 1947 » Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
• 1948 » Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 1949 » Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
• 1949 » Steve Rogers, American baseball player

• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)

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 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• February 25 » In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
• April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• 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.
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.

The temperature on October 26, 1948 was between -0.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.