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• Johanna Maria Hagen, Ankeveen († 2018)
• Jozefina Maria G Burgers, Kerkrade, Nederland († 2004)
• Jantje van den Hul, Apeldoorn († 2019)
• Dale Edwin Newmeyer, Willard, Ohio († 2020)
• Margo Gerritje Christina den Braber, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Chloris Jean BYARD, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia († 1976)
• Frank Allen Rowles Johnson, Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Bluford Wiles [WkWkWkWkWk-sWkWksPwkOb] "Blue" († 2012)
• Cornelis, Adrianus, Antonius van Tiggelen, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Marcos Hellmann, Presidente Getúlio, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1992)

• Adrianus Pieter van der Burgh (66), Delft
• Antonius Langens (72), Geffen, Netherlands
• Aurelia Carolina Countess Of Limburg Stirum (64)
• Antonius Langens (72), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Holland Bradshaw*** (82), Christian County, Kentucky, United States of America
• Arend Pelleboer (87), Zwollerkerspel, Nederland
• Albertus Martinus Antonius van Dijk (45), Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Swets (76), Hardinxveld
• Aloisius Engelbertus Lavaleije (75), Voorburg, Nederland
• Aurelia Carolina gravin van Limburg Stirum (64), Montreux,District de la Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut,Vaud,Suisse

• 1947 » Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic († 2004)
• 1947 » Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
• 1947 » Yves Landry, Canadian cyclist
• 1948 » Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright
• 1948 » Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
• 1948 » Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral
• 1949 » Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist († 2011)
• 1949 » Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1949 » Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician

• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)

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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
• May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.

The temperature on April 13, 1948 was between -0.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.