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• Jacobus Johannes Gregorius Weel, Wervershoof
• Susan Kay Schafer, Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa († 2022)
• Jopie van Geel, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Doodgeboren kind van Petrus Willebrordus van NIEL, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• gerda hendrika petronella smits, helden-dorp
• Frank Angel (Haplo E ) E-FTA52721 Montano, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Albertus Antonius Arnoldus Maria Verzandvoort, Den Dungen († 2005)
• Antonius van Overveld, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Jan Peetoom, Apeldoorn († 2020)
• Jacoba Helena WIJZENBEEK, Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Adrianus Hazenberg (81), Schijndel
• Anne DE BOER (74), Sneek(Friesland)
• Anna Maria Frederika Mondriaan (79), noordwijk
• Aris Koster (85), Hoorn
• * Johannes van Lankvelt (82)
• Albert Sassen (84), Vlagtwedde (Groningen)
• Arendje Koene (80), Wassenaar
• Antje Jans Slabbertje (83), Irnsum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Broers de Boer (74), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Maria Slakhorst (49), Arnhem, GLD, Nederland

• 1946 » Hayley Mills, English actress
• 1946 » Tommy Shannon, American bass guitarist
• 1947 » Cindy Pickett, American actress
• 1947 » Dorothy Lyman, American actress
• 1947 » James Woods, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia († 2013)
• 1948 » Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Geoff Bodine, American race car driver
• 1950 » Paul Callery, Australian footballer

• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)

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.
• February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
• February 25 » In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
• March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
• September 17 » The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on April 18, 1948 was between 7.6 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.