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• Guido Gustaaf Syx, Sint-Niklaas († 2008)
• Dirk Verdoes, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Lambertus Kooiman († 2009)
• Maartje Jimmink, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Donna Marie Myres, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisianna, The United States of America († 1999)
• Nelly Beerens († 2006)
• Helena Johanna van Dijl, Den Haag († 2017)
• Alberdina Annie Noordhuis, Tolbert, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 1993)
• Leon van Jaarsveld († 2012)
• James Willard Wiessner, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States († 2013)

• Albertus Snoei (71)
• AMERICA ANN BAKER (70), Logansport, De Soto, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Martena (77), Winschoten
• Bernardus Jacobus Dijkdrenth (71)
• Adélaïde Marie Théodora Emilie d'Oultremont (74), Loyers, Namur, Belgique
• August Charles JASCHKE (66), Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Marie BIETS (56), Oreye,4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Anna Attema (63), Utrecht
• André Marie Joseph Hauspie (0), Elsene-Ixelles (BE)
• Benjamin** CHARLESWORTH (90), Ogden, Weber, Utah

• 1946 » John Armitt, English engineer and businessman
• 1947 » Farrah Fawcett, American actress and producer († 2009)
• 1947 » Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1948 » Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 » Ina Garten, American chef and author
• 1948 » Roger Williamson, English race car driver († 1973)
• 1949 » Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
• 1949 » Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1949 » Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter
• 1949 » Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer († 1996)

• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1942 » Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)

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. Gerardus
16. Jacob

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 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
• July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on February 2, 1948 was between 5.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.