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• Antonius Johannes Maria Feskens, Breda († 2009)
• Nel Booij, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Pieter Ceje Nanninga († 1967)
• NN Lutke, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Baars
• Renatus Johannes Guillelmus Petrus Vrijens, Kanne, Riemst (B) († 2012)
• lammert hendrik (lammert) Bolwijn, emmercompascuum
• Douwe Anne Dros, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2006)
• Gerardus Petrus Koek, Zoeterwoude († 2006)
• Aaf Veerman († 1998)

• Arend Willem Stoffer (68), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Terwel (58), Epe
• Agatha Maria Baart (85), Alkmaar
• antonie van lint (49), beverwijk
• Auke Ykes de Jong (52)
• Agatha Maria Baart (85), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Kaptein (83), Amsterdam
• August May (24)
• Adriana Maria van Berkel (75), Tilburg
• Aalbert Geurtsen (48), Amersfoort

• 1946 » Franz Roth, German footballer
• 1947 » Ann Peebles, American soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » G. K. Butterfield, African-American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2003)
• 1947 » Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales
• 1947 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1948 » Frank Abagnale Jr., American security consultant and criminal
• 1948 » Josef Hickersberger, Austrian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1948 » Kate Pierson, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 » Grant Chapman, Australian businessman and politician

• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1952 » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (b. 1865)
• 1961 » Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1962 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, Pakistani Minister of the Interior (b. 1873)
• 1965 » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)
• 1967 » William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (b. 1884)
• 1969 » René Barrientos, Bolivian soldier, pilot, and politician, 55th President of Bolivia (b. 1919)

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.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on April 27, 1948 was between -0.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.