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• Gaye Irwin († 2007)
• N.N. Schonewille, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1948)
• Antje Stuut, Onnen († 2009)
• johannes peter marie vissers, meerlo-wanssum
• Pedro Hillesheim, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2006)
• Ferdinandus Carolus Maria Blom, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• N.N. van Kuijk, Arnhem
• Adriana (Janneke) van Melzen, Hilversum († 2015)
• Nn van Meerveld († 1948)
• Hendrika Johanna Maria Coenmans, Culemborg († 2021)

• Cora A Pearl (68), Big Clifty, Grayson County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Cecilia Gokke (73), Rotterdam
• Celestina VerGauwen (92), Temse
• Arnoldus van der Wallen (84), Deurne
• Antonius Loozekoot (64), Utrecht
• Engeltje Maria Baljon (64), Rotterdam
• Catherine Dorcas Maule Jardine (72)
• Cora Alice Pearl (68), Big Clifty, Grayson County, Kentucky
• Egbert van Bon (85), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Verhoeks (0), Zuilichem

• 1946 » David Suchet, English actor
• 1946 » Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1947 » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Philippe Herreweghe, Belgian conductor
• 1948 » Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
• 1949 » Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman
• 1950 » Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic

• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)

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.
• June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
• October 29 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
• November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.

The temperature on May 2, 1948 was between 5.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.