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• Lowell Daniels, United States († 2012)
• Aart Brummel, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Henricus Adrianus Maria VUGS, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• gertruda elisabeth (gerry) lommen, helden-panningen
• N.N. van Lienden, Rotterdam
• Jan-Willem Bennink, Middelharnis († 2021)
• Alida Anna Maria Hogervorst, Noordwijkerhout († 1955)
• Jan Cornelis Quist, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Julius Gerard Stoov√©, Makassar, Makassar, Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesi√´ († 1994)
• Erna Verlinden, Willebroek († 2010)

• Dirkje Zijlstra (81), Drachten, Smallingerland,, Friesland, Nederland
• Clemencia van Regenmortel (76), Koewacht
• Aafke Jelles Jelsma (72), Pingjum, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Althoff (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Gerhardina van Manen (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elbert van 't Ooster (65), Barneveld
• Elizabeth Hilsum (81), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Charlotte Marie Louise barones van Brienen (81), Knebworth,Herts,England
• Anna Eva Zwaantje ten Bokkel Huinink (74), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Perdok (85), Wildervank

• 1947 » Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1947 » Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967
• 1947 » Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
• 1948 » Éva Marton, Hungarian soprano and actress
• 1948 » Philip Jackson, English actor
• 1948 » Sherry Turkle, American academic, psychologist, and sociologist
• 1949 » Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
• 1949 » Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1949 » Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland († 2010)
• 1949 » Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter († 1999)

• 1936 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Gaston Doumergue, French politician, 13th President of France (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, bandleader, and politician (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)

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 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
• July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• 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 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.

The temperature on June 18, 1948 was between 10.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.