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• Connie Gail Todd ****, El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Jerine R Potts, Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Jan Helfrich, Makkum († 2007)
• * Anette Lucie Emma Annette de Vrieze, Veendam († 2013)
• Thomas (Thom) Post, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2022)
• Jan Helfich, Makkum († 2007)
• Marie-José Camilla De bruyn, Bornem († 2015)
• Arnoldus Johannes Petrus Kroot, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Marina Wilhelmina van den Eijkel, Leiden, Nederland († 1978)
• N.N. Zomers, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Allegonda Maria de Leeuw (59), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Anne Jans Blauw (73), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Vos (83), Grootegast
• Cara C Blanton (83), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Cornelis Johannes de Haas (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Fredericus Uittenhout (55), Leiden
• Cornelia Maria van Zundert (49), Bergen op Zoom
• Bastiaan ANDEWEG (64), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Aaltje Köhne (71), Beemster, Nederland
• Auke van Schepen (83), heerenveen

• 1946 » Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 » Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1947 » Keith Tippett, British jazz pianist and composer
• 1947 » Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1948 » Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 » Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1949 » John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Martin Amis, British novelist
• 1949 » Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic

• 1930 » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Dorothea Fairbridge, South African author and co-founder of Guild of Loyal Women (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 » Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)

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 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
• May 3 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
• July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
• July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.

The temperature on August 25, 1948 was between 13.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.