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• Claude William Ashby, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Pieter de Bloois, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH) († 2017)
• Rosanne Glover, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Geertruida Drok, Nieuwe Pekela († 2000)
• Jacoba (kind 3) Moerman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Trientje Elisabeth Veling († 2012)
• Arian Hendrik Bakker, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1977)
• Doodgeboren zoon Wolter Frans Hövell tot Westervlier en Wezeveld van, Erp, NB, Nederland († 1948)
• Jacoba Moerman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• James "Jim" Carr Walton, Newton, Jackson, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Arthur Edward RIBBENS (62), Southfleet, Kent, UK
• Anna Bos (84), Beverwijk
• Aaltje Mos (82), Wildervank, Stadskanaal
• Antonius Cornelis van Berkel (53), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Arie van der Vlies (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Deuntje (63), Roden
• Antonius Nooten (64), Gilze en Rijen
• Andries Mathijs Franciscus Besier (92), Voorst
• Arie VAN DER Vlies (74), Rotterdam
• Albertien Vrieling (65), Emmen, Nederland

• 1944 » Annette Lu, Taiwanese lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of the Republic of China
• 1944 » Clarence White, American guitarist and singer († 1973)
• 1945 » Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)
• 1945 » John Olsen, Australian politician, 42nd Premier of South Australia
• 1945 » Wolfgang Schüssel, Austrian lawyer and politician, 26th Chancellor of Austria
• 1947 » Don Money, American baseball player and coach
• 1947 » Thurman Munson, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1948 » Jim Walton, American businessman
• 1952 » Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor
• 1952 » Orhan Pamuk, Turkish-American novelist, screenwriter, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1932 » John Verran, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of South Australia (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian lawyer, judge, and poet (b. 1875)
• 1936 » Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (b. 1911)
• 1942 » Alan Blumlein, English engineer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
• 1956 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Reginald Fletcher, 1st Baron Winster, English navy officer and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (b. 1885)
• 1963 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)

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 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• April 13 » In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
• July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
• July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• 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.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on June 7, 1948 was between 11.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.