About the day » Friday July 16, 1948Calender converter

• Hedwig Duthmann, Dörpen, Duitsland († 2001)
• Johanna Suzanna (Hannie) Faber, Wieringerwaard, Netherlands († 1997)
• Willem Lodewijk Scholte, 's-Gravenhage († 1948)
• Wim Tellers, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 2015)
• Grietje Veenstra, Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Klaas Feenstra, Urk († 1948)
• François Missotten, Heers, België († 1948)
• Johan Diederiech Frans Brijan, Barger-Compascuum († 2016)
• Alberta Maria Lamberta Holterman, Zwolle († 1999)
• Cornelis Julius Pieterse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Arie Dirk Oosthoek (71), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Nijhuis (74), enschede
• Bee Hiers (58), Colquitt, Georgia, United States
• Adriaan de Beer (84), Eindhoven
• "Henri" Edouard Marie Joseph Salleron (55), Quincampoix, Seine-Maritime, France
• Catharina Sevenhuijsen (69), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Barendina Jacoba Heegers (37), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Trip (52), Emmer Compascuum
• Antonia van der Schoot (80), Geldrop, NL
• Alexander Hubers (72), Huissen

• 1946 » Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1947 » Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
• 1947 » Don Burke, Australian television host and producer
• 1948 » Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
• 1948 » Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 » Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor
• 1948 » Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Alan Fitzgerald, American guitarist and keyboardist

• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

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. Gerardus
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 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
• March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

The temperature on July 16, 1948 was between 10.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.