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• Gijsje van Steenis († 2016)
• Guus Kors († 2007)
• Johanna Petronella Jacomina van Hoorn, Goes († 2016)
• Dorothé Nazaria Johanna Duzijn, Zwolle († 2012)
• Jack Lorenzo HUNTER, Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho, United States of America († 1948)
• Geert JAGER, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Mary Virginia Fritz († 1999)
• Martinus Antonius van Zutphen, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Helene (Leni ) Achteresch († 2021)
• Hilletje Heemsbergen († 1949)

• Christiaan Henri Roelfsema (55), Groningen
• Hilbert Bakker (54), Ommen (
• Albert Schöpper (74), Papenburg
• Anna van Konijnenburg (80), Harderwijk
• Anna Idema (27), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Vlas (64), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Hendrica Gorree (66), Den Haag,Den Haag,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Annigje MEINDERS (78), Hoogeveen (Drenthe, The Netherlands)
• Andora Bell Jones (87), Fletcher, Commanche Co., OK
• Adriaan van den BROEKE (70), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1946 » Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Peter Cosgrove, Australian general and politician, 26th Governor General of Australia
• 1947 » Sally Struthers, American actress
• 1948 » Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1948 » Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director
• 1949 » Peter Doyle, Australian singer and guitarist († 2001)
• 1949 » Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer
• 1949 » Simon Kirke, English drummer
• 1949 » Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
• 1949 » Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)

• 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.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• June 22 » The ship HMTEmpire Windrush brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to Tilbury, marking the start of modern immigration to the United Kingdom.
• September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on July 28, 1948 was between 19.3 °C and 31.3 °C and averaged 25.2 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.