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• Jacob Hendrikus Fekkes, Vlieland († 2008)
• Hijstek
• Petrus (Piet) Pastoors, Wageningen († 2008)
• JACQUELINE GILSOUL, HUY († 2009)
• Daniël Hautekeete, Gent († 1988)
• Robert Noble Tod, Detroit († 1949)
• Thayer Nelson OOSTERMAN, Whitinsville Worcester County Massachusetts U.S.A († 2016)
• Lynette Christine Thiele, Loxton, South Australia († 1985)
• Tieneke Salomina Holle, Hollandia(Indonesië) († 1996)
• Jan Bastiaan Meijboom, Rotterdam († 1999)

• Antonia Luijk (75), Middelburg
• Anthonius Hendrikus KREIJSIG (42), Amsterdam
• Antonie Josephus Johannes Maria van Loon (73), Oosterhout (Oosterhout) (Noord-Brabant)
• Arie van Nigtevecht (23), Bussum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kroeze (76), Phillips County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Arendje van der Plas (51), Katwijk aan Zee
• Anna Catharina van Opstal (69), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Antoon Cremers (85), Wanssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Berbera van Beveren (85), Stavenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arendje van der Plas (51), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1946 » Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
• 1947 » Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
• 1948 » Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic
• 1948 » Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
• 1949 » David Paton, Scottish guitarist
• 1949 » James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1949 » Kieron Baker, English footballer
• 1949 » Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler
• 1949 » Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic

• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
• 1949 » George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
• 1953 » William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
• 1958 » Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)

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.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.

The temperature on October 29, 1948 was between 1.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.