About the day » Wednesday May 5, 1948Calender converter

• Cor Breekweg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Anton Richard Botter, Batavia, India († 2008)
• Kristine Gutterwill, Binghampton, Broome County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Fokko Wielink († 2021)
• Josephus Martinus Maria Emons, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• Gerard Tomassen, Someren († 2011)
• Henrica Johanna Petronella Schoenmakers, Beers († 1948)
• Barry G Cosford († 1987)
• Geertruida Maria van de Ven († 2004)
• Roelofje Geerts, Hoogeveen nederland († 1989)

• Aaltje Bel (17), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaron Robbins Rabinowitz (61)
• Antje Ettema (65), Assen Drente Nederland
• Berendina Behrends Hoek (92), Grundy Center, Grundy Country, Iowa
• "Wilhelm" Emanuel Heidenreich Karl Friedrich Kaspar Antonius Hubertus Maria Droste zu Vischering (83), Schloss Padberg, Marsberg, Allemagne
• Albertus Franciscus Holsboer (77), Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Arie van Leeuwe (49), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius de Kock
• Barbara van Kasteren, Boxtel, NL
• Aagje Langstraat (49), Rotterdam

• 1945 » Dianne Willcocks, English sociologist and academic
• 1945 » Kurt Loder, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1946 » Aydın Menderes, Turkish politician († 2011)
• 1946 » Jim Kelly, American actor, athlete, and martial artist
• 1948 » Bella van der Spiegel-Hage, Dutch cyclist
• 1948 » Bill Ward, English drummer and songwriter
• 1949 » Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 » Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1950 » Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1951 » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach

• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)

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.
• January 30 » British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
• May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
• July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• 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 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
• December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

The temperature on May 5, 1948 was between 7.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.