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• Herman Garnbrand Wolthuis, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland († 1987)
• Hans Robbert van Bokkum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Gerda FRIS, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1953)
• Baby Coyle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Martha Faye Irions, Lauderdale Co., AL († 1948)
• Adriana Gerda Janssen, 's-Gravenhage († 2005)
• Jean-Pierre Knaepen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• unknown Gérard Lussier († 2019)
• Jan (John) Lubbelinkhof, Daarlerveen († 2002)
• Elisabeth Johanna Frederika Maria (Elise) Kroon, Den Helder († 2010)

• Catharina Sijrier (52), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Ploeg (56), Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Charles LITZLER (71), Altkirch (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anthony John BROXAM (0), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Adrianus Gerardus Veen (73), Zwolle
• Baby Coyle (0), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Alberts Smit (66), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands(Exloermond)
• Caspar Jacob FLIKKENSCHILD (74), Batavia,Ned.Indie
• Adrianus Gerardus Veen (73), Gestel en Blaarthem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Onderwater (2), Leiden

• 1946 » David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 » Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 1947 » Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
• 1947 » John Stossel, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist
• 1948 » Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer
• 1949 » Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1949 » Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan

• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)

• 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.
• March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on March 6, 1948 was between -1.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.