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• Mennen, Asten († 1948)
• Maria Sophia Schuurkes, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1948)
• Catharina Maria van Dijck, 's-Gravenhage († 2006)
• Catharina_Maria van Dijck, Den Haag († 2006)
• L.L. Jans Kalsbeek, Schagen (NH († 1948)
• Amry Jacobs, Soerabaja († 2007)
• Gary Albert Myles, Rumford, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Johannes Cornelis Petrus van der Straten, Nieuwerkerk († 1953)
• Linda Dean Reynolds, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Jan Zegers, Lottum († 2009)

• Aalbert van Voorst (73), amersfoort
• Hoek (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catrina de Nijs (50), Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustus Franciscus Decraemer (80), Zandvoorde, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Berend Klein Gotink (83), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abel Reinder Aeilkema (86)
• Christiaan Janson (80), Oudorp, NH, Nederland
• Annechien DRENTHEN (84), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Suzanna Baukes de Jong (81), Oldeholtpade
• Arjen Pieters Postma (61), Rotterdam

• 1946 » Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
• 1946 » John Woo, Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist († 2015)
• 1947 » Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
• 1948 » Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
• 1948 » Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
• 1949 » Jim Clench, Canadian bass player († 2010)
• 1949 » Paul Teutul Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
• 1949 » Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1950 » Dann Florek, American actor and director

• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

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.
• 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.
• June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on May 1, 1948 was between -0.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.