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• Jantje Feddes Jeeninga († 1988)
• Pieter Suk, Oude Pekela († 1948)
• Magda Geebelen, Genk, Provincie Limburg, België († 1983)
• Benny Ninan († 1997)
• Hannelore Beilig († 2021)
• Heniette Elisabeth Maria Theresia de Groot, Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Jan Roelof Ottens († 1998)
• H.J. Marsman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• F. J. (Frans) Sprang, van († 1990)
• Maartje Janna Gerritsen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)

• Aart Hendrik van den Heuvel (42), Utrecht
• Arendje Malta (80), Schiedam
• Antoon Hendrik Maria Veuger (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Middelhuis (72), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Arendje Mina Otte (41), Amersfoort,Amersfoort,Utrecht,Nederland
• Adriana van Raan (85), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van der Marel (69), 's-Gravenhage
• Alloysius Jasper (49), Carrollton, Carroll, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Amelia Jacoba van Montfoort (38), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Ada E Waller Alexander (78), Craighead County, Arkansas

• 1946 » Alexandra Bastedo, English actress († 2014)
• 1946 » Bernd Hölzenbein, German footballer and scout
• 1946 » Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer († 1990)
• 1947 » Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet
• 1948 » Emma Bonino, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Eric Fischl, American painter and sculptor
• 1948 » Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer
• 1949 » Neil Hamilton, Welsh lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Andy North, American golfer
• 1950 » Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager († 2004)

• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

• 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 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
• August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• September 13 » Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• September 24 » The Honda Motor Company is founded.

The temperature on March 9, 1948 was between 3.7 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.