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• Neeltje (Nel) van Bostelen, Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Virginia Rae van 't Hul, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2010)
• Nicolaas HONKOOP, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Gezina Pekelder († 2004)
• N.N. Hamakers, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Albertus Marinus Foppen, Harderwijk († 1948)
• Dirk Beerta, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• N van Padua, Heeswijk († 1948)
• Teunis Elias Bor, Tienhoven († 2011)
• Frans Meijer, Maastricht († 2013)

• Elisabeth Degryse (57), USA
• Douwe Kornelis Meijer (71), Winsum
• Abraham Warnaar (21), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• CLARA MAY "CARRIE" MILLER (70), CRESTON,UNION,IOWA
• Aagje Dekker
• Adrianus Petrus Huijgens (70), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elizabeth Degryse (57)
• Egidius HUIJGENS (75), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Cornelis Stehouwer (74), Grand Rapids
• Duifje Koomen (68), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
• 1947 » Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1948 » Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
• 1949 » Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1949 » Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
• 1949 » Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
• 1949 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model († 1973)
• 1950 » Jane Carr, English actress
• 1950 » Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
• May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on August 13, 1948 was between 11.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.