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• N.N. van ELSWIJK, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Pamela Joy Love Djakovic, Geelong, Greater Geelong City, Victoria, Australia († 1975)
• Paula Rowland <KB>1 († 1948)
• Paul van Asten, Tilburg († 2020)
• Elisabet Kuiper, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Maria Antoinetta Hendrika MAAS, Geldrop (NL/NB) († 2002)
• Nicolaas Dingeman Poppelier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Annemarie Kortekaas († 2006)
• Ada Oudheusden, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Gertrude Agatha Glorie, Castricum († 1955)

• van Houselt (0), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena van Dommele (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie KUYPER (82), Salem, McCook, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Helena van Dommele (80), Rotterdam
• Antoon Johannes Franciscus Buné (80), Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nl
• Arigje Stigter (55), Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Arnoldus KOLENBRANDER (82), Zelhem, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendina Damhoff (17), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Berendina Pol (81), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria van Neerven (74), Deurne

• 1947 » Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
• 1947 » Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1948 » Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
• 1948 » Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
• 1948 » Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
• 1949 » Simon Fox, English drummer
• 1950 » Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter († 1991)
• 1950 » Gilles Meloche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 » Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1956 » John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)
• 1961 » Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1879)

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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
• July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

The temperature on July 12, 1948 was between 10.6 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.