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• Leen Van den Neucker, Lier († 2005)
• Larry Allen Grimmius, Slayton, Murray County, Minnesota († 2022)
• Bernard Derwa, Sint-Truiden, België († 2024)
• Barry J. Sickler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• N.N., Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Elisabeth Pancratia Goossens, Hoogeloon († 2013)
• Cornelis Theodorus Johannes Wortel, Den Haag († 1985)
• Berendina Flantua, Utrecht
• Dinie (Lamberdina Elisabeth Hendriks, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Carolus Bartholomeus Baars, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1995)

• Anna van Huijsseling (72), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Martina Meurs (64)
• Anna Martina Meurs (64)
• Antje van der Wees (92), Scheveningen
• Antonetta Litjens (79), Horst, Li.NL
• Anne Tjammes Vis (29), Oudehaske
• Adriana Maria Damen (81), Nispen,Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Annigje Nijmeijer (46), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia Dorothea Hoeke (43), Delft
• Adriana Boudina VOGELZANG (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1942 » Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1942 » Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1944 » Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor († 2014)
• 1944 » Sebastião Salgado, Brazilian photographer and journalist
• 1947 » J. Richard Gott, American astronomer and academic
• 1948 » Dan Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1949 » Brooke Adams, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Niels Arestrup, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Marinho Chagas, Brazilian footballer and coach († 2014)
• 1953 » Mary Steenburgen, American actress

• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1959 » William J. Donovan, American head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and engineer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
• 1960 » J. L. Austin, English philosopher and academic (b. 1911)
• 1963 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (b. 1908)

• 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.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 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.
• September 14 » The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.
• December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on February 8, 1948 was between 7.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 13.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.