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• Johannes Adrians van de Grootevheen, Nijkerkerveen († 2015)
• Cornelis Marinus Andreas Bor, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria van Kleef, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Jacob Gijsbert Leest, Uithoorn († 1951)
• James Robert Wildenboer, Cheribon, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië († 2017)
• Etty van der Leij, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Elise Bertus van Kalsbeek, Ferwoude, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Korevaar, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Francois Johannes Hendrikus Lievens, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2020)
• Andreas Adrianus Coenradus (Ad) van der Velden, Eindhoven († 1996)

• Aaltje Saadhoff (41), Eindhoven
• Casper Altink (62), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• adriana bree(d)tveld(t) (83), dordrecht
• Arentje Hartmans (76), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Blankers (79), Ophemert
• Cornelia HONKOOP (64), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ben Applegate (54), Gregg County, Texas
• Arendje Maria Moree (77), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Casper Altink (63), utrecht
• Clazina Verheij (42)

• 1946 » Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer († 2005)
• 1947 » Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 1947 » Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1947 » Peter DeFazio, American politician
• 1947 » Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author († 2014)
• 1948 » Pete Sears, English bass player
• 1948 » Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant († 2017)
• 1949 » Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
• 1949 » Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician

• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

• 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.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• 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 27, 1948 was between 6.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.