About the day » Friday March 19, 1948Calender converter

• Jacob Marinus Klaasse, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Martine Catharina Maria # Bijl, Amsterdam († 2019)
• Klaas P. Raven, Callantsoog († 2011)
• Maria Lammechina Geertruida JAGER, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Gary R. van den Heuvel († 2011)
• doodgeboren Pakvis, Monster († 1948)
• Jozef Cornelis Petrus Alfonsus Goverde, Zevenbergen
• Jos Kerstens, Lieshout
• Martine Catharina Maria BIJL, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Martine Catharina Maria Bijl, Amsterdam († 2019)

• Aletta Patist (68), Utrecht
• Alida Cornelia Bogaards (77), Almelo (O)
• Anna Gerrits (56), Eindhoven
• Catherine Born (84), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, VS
• Aleida Dröge (66), Schiedam, Nederland
• Anthonius Johannes Brozius (72), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Fokkink (73), Lochem
• Adrianus Petrus Kolvenbach (63), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonse Geysels (76), Aarschot, Brabant Wallon, Belgium
• Antonij Andries Wendt (70), Hattem

• 1944 » Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
• 1945 » John Holder, English cricketer and umpire
• 1945 » Modestas Paulauskas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Ruth Pointer, American musician
• 1947 » Glenn Close, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1947 » Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1948 » David Schnitter, American saxophonist and educator
• 1949 » Blase J. Cupich, American theologian and cardinal
• 1950 » José S. Palma, Filipino archbishop
• 1952 » Warren Lees, New Zealand cricketer and coach

• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1949 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
• 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
• 1950 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1882)
• 1976 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)

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.
• 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 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

The temperature on March 19, 1948 was between -0.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.