About the day » Thursday November 4, 1948Calender converter

• Jutta Diekenbrock
• Cornelis Laurentius Hendricus Witteman, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Janna Ouwehand, Leiden († 2013)
• NN van der Lans, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 1948)
• Levenloos van der Lans, Gemeente lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Petrus Josephus Kollof, amsterdam († 1997)
• Hendricus Albertus Schrama, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2023)
• Antonius Norbertus Theodorus Gerardus Maria (Theo) Effting, Eindhoven († 2019)
• Regina Riemslag, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Judith Ann Arnold, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Alida RUH√â (83), Aalsmeer,North Holland,Netherlands
• Barend Hendrik Voogsgeerd (55), Enschede
• Carolina Antonia Wilhelmina Peeters (59), Den Haag
• Adriana Steffen (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catrinus Stienstra (70), Hoensbroek
• Bernardus Engelbertus Verkaaik (64), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Breukhoven (66), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Verheij (55), Winterswijk, Nederland
• Annelies Laura sassen (0), Sittard
• 00 Cornelis Steijn (70), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, NL

• 1946 » Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer
• 1946 » Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
• 1947 » Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
• 1947 » Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager († 2003)
• 1947 » Ludmila Velikova, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1947 » Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1948 » Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer († 2014)
• 1948 » Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali
• 1949 » Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author

• 1940 » Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on November 4, 1948 was between 6.4 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.