About the day » Tuesday February 10, 1948Calender converter

• Andrew Donald Ensing, Chicago (Cook County) (Illinois) († 2013)
• Johanna Cornelia Wardhaugh, Newbottle, East Midlands, Groot Brittanië († 2001)
• Henriëtte Magdalena VAN VUUREN, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Bernardus Johannes te Kaat, Didam Montferland Gelderland Nederland († 1985)
• Freddy Marcel Vermeulen, Staden († 2010)
• ? ? († 2004)
• Jaap Man, Hoorn († 2008)
• Cécile WAVREILLE, KAMBOVE, Ruanda Burundi († 1948)
• Gijsberta Hendrika Vliek, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1980)
• Freddy Marcel Vermeulen, Staden († 2010)

• Aaltje Agricola (67), Woudsend
• Anton David Mayer (69), Pennsylvania
• Barbara Maria van den Berg (78), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Maria van den Broeke (78), Poeldijk
• Arnoldus Dekkers (74), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van de Wouw (82), Loon op Zand, NB Netherlands
• Antonie Joosten (73), Asten
• Albertus Wilhelmus Maria Cuypers (37), Cuijk
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• Agatha Sara van Amerom (81), Leiden

• 1944 » Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1944 » Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 1992)
• 1945 » Delma S. Arrigoitia, Puerto Rican historian, author, educator and lawyer
• 1947 » Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor († 2013)
• 1947 » Louise Arbour, Canadian lawyer and jurist
• 1947 » Nicholas Owen, English journalist
• 1949 » Nigel Olsson, English rock drummer and singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician († 1994)
• 1950 » Mark Spitz, American swimmer
• 1951 » Bob Iger, American media executive

• 1932 » Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• 1944 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 1960 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)

• 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.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• 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.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.

The temperature on February 10, 1948 was between 3.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.