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• Simon de Weger, Gouda († 1988)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1948)
• Suan Wood, Clanton, Alabama († 1955)
• Jannes Hermannes Smalbrugge († 2014)
• Roelof Jan Willem Hulshof, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Diana Mock, Brown County, Minnesota († 1948)
• Marianne Binnekamp, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Ilse Elisabeth van Wijnen, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Smeets, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)
• NN Claassen, Erp, Nederland († 1948)

• Agnes van Maanen (79), den Haag
• Aaltje Groen (73), Velsen
• Barbera van Leeuwen (81), Gouda
• Aaltje Groen (73), Velsen
• Adriana Bruijnzeels (KLOOSTERZUSTER) (66), Roosendaal Nispen
• Abraham Johannes Hauer (64), Amsterdam (NHO), Nederland
• Catharina (Kate) SINEMA (80), Rudyard Montana U.S.A
• Christina de BORST (70), Utrecht
• Carl Haacke (0), Jakarta
• Antonia Montañez, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, México

• 1946 » Eddie Holman, American pop/R&B/gospel singer
• 1946 » Michael Clarke, American drummer († 1993)
• 1946 » Penelope Wilton, English actress
• 1947 » John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
• 1947 » Mickey Finn, English drummer († 2003)
• 1948 » Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1950 » Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman († 2013)
• 1950 » Larry Probst, American businessman
• 1950 » Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer († 2015)

• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
• 1969 » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Jacob

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 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.

The temperature on June 3, 1948 was between 7.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.