About the day » Wednesday March 24, 1948Calender converter

• Donn Howard Kittrell Sr. <K>, San Diego, California († 2007)
• John van der Heiden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Christina Sophia Zuyderhoudt, Amsterdam
• Judy Joyce VEEN, Heron Lake J, Minnesota († 2004)
• Johanna Maria Catharina DIRKS, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1988)
• Antje Trijntje Geeske Schotanus, Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Eva Jeanne Sowers, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• John August Stempges, Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1948)
• Hans te Slaa, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)

• Aloijsius Jacobus Neve (54), Hulst
• Catharina Sinkeldam (70), Zaandam, Nederland
• Eijgenraam (0)
• Bernardus Anthonius Gerhardus Buissink (81), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Gerardina Clazina Speet (82), Dordrecht
• Andries Rikstje Wedzinga (78), Eestrum
• * Martina Gerarda Theodora Baars (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Annigje Veen (75), Onna
• Arie van der Lee (62), Langbroek, ut.nld
• Arthur Charles Edward Somerset (88)

• 1947 » Alan Sugar, English businessman
• 1947 » Christine Gregoire, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Governor of Washington
• 1947 » Dennis Erickson, American football player and coach
• 1947 » Mick Jones, English footballer and coach
• 1948 » Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician († 2013)
• 1948 » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer († 1989)
• 1948 » Lee Oskar, Jewish-Danish musician
• 1949 » Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1949 » Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (April Wine) († 2017)
• 1949 » Tabitha King, American author and poet

• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)

• 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 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• June 7 » Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on March 24, 1948 was between -3.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.