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• Jannie Opdorp van († 2002)
• Cor Bosker († 2018)
• Cornelia Johanna Schoneveld, Rijnsburg († 1984)
• NN Snijder, Leeuwarden († 1948)
• Kent Jason Jacobson, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa († 2015)
• Cornelis Willem van der Blom, Oostvoorne († 2023)
• Paula Mostien, Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2012)
• MaatJe Adriana Bouterse, wissenkerke (z) († 1981)
• Klaas van de Pol, Putten († 2002)
• Johannes Theodorus Jozef Quax, Amsterdam († 2011)

• Elisabeth Maria Smeele (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Agatha Hogervorst (74), Delft
• Dirk van de Water (60), Amsterdam
• Antonius Oosterbroek (75), Oldenzaal
• Adriane Kamper (77), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eduard Lodewijk Gerardus Teffer (49)
• Anna Maria SWINKELS (70), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Edward Donald Abbott (61), Howell County, Missouri, United States
• Cornelia Geertruida Prins (74), Hillegom
• Elizabeth Poelman (83), Goes

• 1946 » Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish sergeant and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 1946 » Mick Aston, English archaeologist and academic († 2013)
• 1947 » Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese race car driver
• 1947 » Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician († 2012)
• 1948 » John Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » David Hogan, American composer and educator († 1996)
• 1949 » John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » David Duke, American white supremacist, politician and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard

• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
• 1948 » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)
• 1961 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (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 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.

The temperature on July 1, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.