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• Larry Herman Boelts († 1949)
• Larry John jr. Panozzo, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Johan KNEEPKENS, Bilzen (Limburg) (B) († 2011)
• Vickie Lynn Emberton, Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Marina-Adelaide Emily PATERSON, Springfield Missouri U.S.A († 2011)
• E. Moes, Hengelo († 2006)
• Tans, Tongeren, België († 1948)
• Gerrit Jan de Rooij, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2016)
• Hermanus Johannes (Herman) van Wijk, Kortenhoef, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Cornelis Marcus Mannee, Den Haag († 2021)

• Bentje Renkema (45), Groningen
• Cornelia Martinus (61), Groningen
• Bernhard SCHIELIN (68), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Anthonius Bernardus Pieper (0), Zwolle
• Antje Greven (3), Groningen
• Bentje Boukes Renkema (45), Groningen
• Anthonius Bernardus Pieper (0), Zwolle, Ov., Nederland
• Akke Pieters Tiemersma (86), Franeker
• Zoeteman (0), Ridderkerk
• ANDRIES VELLEKOOP (31), 'S-GRAVENHAGE

• 1945 » Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor († 2006)
• 1945 » Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author
• 1945 » Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player
• 1945 » Patty McCormack, American actress
• 1945 » Willie Lanier, American football player
• 1947 » Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1949 » Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
• 1949 » Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
• 1951 » Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

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.
• January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
• May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
• 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 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.

The temperature on August 21, 1948 was between 10.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.