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• Steven Paul Lemke, Sac City, Sac County, Iowa († 2013)
• Cornelis Anthonie Hoonings, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Atie Mosch († 1996)
• anna maria theresia (anny) sevens, helden-dorp
• Jan de Bruijn, Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Riet Kuyer († 1995)
• Sabine Constance Louise van Rijckevorsel, 's Gravenhage († 2007)
• Evertje Bootsman († 1950)
• Rika Kruidhof, Leeuwarden,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Harold "Butch" Eugene Kendall († 2022)

• Andhree Lucie GOBIN (52), Vanves
• Anton Louis Wingerter (63), Central Township, Perry, Missouri, United States
• Anthonia Janssen (62), Hoek van Holland
• Brás Dorvalino Müller (1), Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Adrianus Biesters (75), Geldrop, Gemeente Geldrop-Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Abraham Samuel Bensimon (84), Cape Town, WC, South Africa
• Baukje Simons Steenstra (74), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie de Bakker (67), Rotterdam
• Adriana Jacobi (72), Saskatchewan, Canada
• Aplonia Jakobse (78), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL

• 1947 » Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
• 1947 » David Omand, English civil servant and academic
• 1947 » Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Lois Chiles, American model and actress
• 1947 » Martin Broughton, English businessman
• 1947 » Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player († 2010)
• 1948 » Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
• 1948 » Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1948 » Phil Mogg, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1949 » Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)

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. Gerardus
16. Jacob

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.
• January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
• 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 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• 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 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.

The temperature on April 15, 1948 was between 4.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.