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• Monique de BUYL († 2019)
• Petrus Johannes Nicolaas Heere, Heemskerk († 1989)
• Geneviève WAÏTE, Cape Town, South Africa († 2019)
• Frederikus Theodorus Josephus Bouwmeester, Beemte-Broekland († 2003)
• Douwe Alberts de Jager, Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Pieter van VUREN, Breda († 2002)
• Neeltje Baars, Rhenen († 1979)
• Petrus Johannes Nicolaas (Peter) Heere, HeemsKERK († 1989)
• Anna-Maria Emma Kinnart, Kortenberg († 1971)
• Hilligje (Hilleke) de Jonge, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)

• Adriana van STRIJEN (39), Dordrecht
• Adriana Geertruida Pasman (65)
• Arnoldus Thomas De Wit (65), Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina (Käthe*) Bierbaß (59), Gronau
• Abram Dogger (51), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Johanna Verschuur (60), Apeldoorn
• Arend Jan Poortman (75), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Helena Maria Gesina Schoemaker (97), Zandberg, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend Willems Wilting (46), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Langelaar (89), Renkum

• 1946 » Colin Matthews, English composer and educator
• 1946 » Janet Finch, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 » Richard Blumenthal, American sergeant and politician, 23rd Attorney General of Connecticut
• 1947 » Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin-Bosnian professional basketball coach
• 1947 » Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1947 » Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 » Stephen Hadley, American soldier and diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor
• 1949 » Peter Kern, Austrian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1950 » Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1950 » Vera Baird, English lawyer and politician

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
• May 13 » Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
• October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.

The temperature on February 13, 1948 was between -0.6 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.