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• Teun Vreugdenhil, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Rudy Lankreijer, Hilversum Noord-Holland († 1987)
• Nn Kerpentier
• Broer Peusens, Eijsden († 1999)
• Hendrik Willem van 't Land, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Susan Elvina Mary HENRICK († 2021)
• N.N. de Croon, Voorst († 1948)
• Robert Carel Mattheus Henneman, Haarlem († 2015)
• Carla Bloemzaad
• Christine Clotilde Marguerite GRISARD DE LA ROCHETTE, Leuven Flemish Brabant Belgium († 1996)

• Eweuretta Budd Hamill (48), Carthage, Jefferson, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Spoon (51), 's-Gravenhage
• Catharina van Hulst (59), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Broer Siebes Jellesma (62), Twin River, Canada
• Eldon Wilcox (62), Wayne Twn.Auglaize Co.Ohio
• Broer Siebes (Bert) Jellesma (62), Twin River, Canada
• Catharina Sterk (58), Vught
• Alice Carolina Maria Francisca Broelinckx (60), Wilrijk,, Antwerpen, België
• Cornelia Pouwels (63), Rotterdam
• Erondina da Cruz (0), Vidal Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• 1947 » Anne Archer, American actress and producer
• 1947 » Jim Fox, American rock drummer and organist
• 1947 » Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
• 1947 » Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
• 1947 » Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
• 1947 » Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1948 » Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
• 1948 » Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
• 1948 » Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
• 1948 » Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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.
• May 15 » Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
• May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.

The temperature on August 24, 1948 was between 11.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.