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• Doris Ann King, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1996)
• Hendrik ( Henk ) Boer, Wezep, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerardus Marie) (Ger) Driessen, Horst, Limburg, Netherlands († 2005)
• Harold Richard Cordell, Monticello Hospital († 1948)
• Jacobje Talsma, Zurich († 2013)
• André Schelfhout, BEVEREN WAAS († 2014)
• Joel Dee Breeden, Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• James Mc Donald (Donald) BECKX, Djakarta (IND) († 2009)
• Tom de Graaf, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• - Pluijmaekers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1948)

• Albert Sipkes Wychers (74), Hoogkerk
• Anna Henriëtte Cornelia Schröder (68), Den Haag, Nederland
• Christina Geetruda van Reen (79), Beers
• Christina Geertuda van Reen (79), Beers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de Vos (67), Harlingen
• Age Taekes Huitema (77), Woudsend
• Albert Sipke Wijchers (74), Hoogkerk
• Catharina Wilhelmina van Gelder (78), Wamel
• Anna Elizabeth Verheij (68), Amstelveen, Gemeente Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Dongen (66), Tilburg

• 1944 » Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1944 » Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
• 1946 » Martin Wong, American painter († 1999)
• 1947 » Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
• 1947 » Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 » Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
• 1950 » Bonnie Pointer, American singer († 2020)
• 1950 » J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
• 1950 » Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
• 1951 » Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

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.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on July 11, 1948 was between 10.3 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.