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Born on Thursday February 5, 1948
- Philip Lely, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Johanna Helena (Joke) Ribbe († 2024)
- José Manoel Pereira, Guarei, São Paulo, Brasil († 1981)
- Siebe Bijma, Hijum Leeuwarden Fryslân Nederland († 2014)
- Katharina Alexandera Maria (Karin) Brenninkmeijer, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
- Jeanette Biltgens, Rotterdam
- Johanna Jacoba Anna Van der Pers, Kerkrade
- Johannes Henk Rozema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
- Laurel Virginia CRON († 1948)
- Marcos Odebrecht († 1987)
Died on Thursday February 5, 1948
- Abraham Antonij RIJSTENBIL (91), Oud-Vossemeer, 5778, Zeeland, Nederland
- August Dietrich William Nero (75)
- Catherine Eliza Callister (97), Fillmore, Millard, Utah, Verenigde Staten
- Christina van Altena (69), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
- Catharina Johanna Dorothea van Eelde (77), Haarlem
- Aaltje Aartsd. Grootenboer (74), Dirksland ( ZH Nederland)
- Catharina Johanna Dorothea van Heide (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Asjen Liefers (78), Heerde, 8181, Nederland
- Christian Adolph Monson (73), Los Angeles, California
- Alfred Ernest Lidgerwood (70), South Australia, Australia
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 5, 1948 at Delpher
- Limburgsch dagblad
- De waarheid
- Het nieuws : algemeen dagblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Het dagblad : uitgave van de Nederlandsche Dagbladpers te Batavia
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De vrije kerk : reformatorische stemmen / hoofdred. C. Vonk ... [et al.]
- De Heerenveensche koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Midden-Zuid-Oost-Friesland en Noord-Overijssel
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
Born on February 5
- 1947 » Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
- 1947 » Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1947 » Mary L. Cleave, American engineer and astronaut
- 1948 » Barbara Hershey, American actress
- 1948 » Christopher Guest, American actor and director
- 1948 » Errol Morris, American director and producer
- 1948 » Sven-Göran Eriksson, Swedish footballer and manager
- 1948 » Tom Wilkinson, English actor
- 1949 » Kurt Beck, German politician
- 1949 » Yvon Vallières, Canadian educator and politician
Died on February 5
- 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
- 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
- 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
- 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
- 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
- 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
- 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
- 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
- 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
- 1957 » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
Names that were popular for boys in 1948
Names that were popular for girls in 1948
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1948
- 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 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
- June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
- September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
- September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
- December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
- December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
Weather February 5, 1948
The temperature on February 5, 1948 was between 4.3 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.