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• Henderikus Jeuring, Zuid Barrge († 1989)
• Johannes Heinrich Nicolaas Peperkamp († 2007)
• Frank Edward HILLIER († 1949)
• Zijlstra, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Christine Edna Bossenmeyer († 1996)
• Jikke Meiles Tamminga, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Johanna Maria Noorlander, Alblasserdam († 1991)
• Erwin-Henri COLLETTE, Malmedy, Belgique († 1977)
• Elisabeth Johanna Petronella Aerts, Maasbree († 2008)
• Antonius Walbeek, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Halsema (77), Texel
• Antonia Wilhelmina Hertenberg (69), Arnhem
• Berend Christoffer Lodewijk Hendrik Blauw (79), Groningen
• Adriaantje Jacoba van den Blink (45), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Adriana van de Laar (65), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia Maria Weijgaert (65), Etten-Leur, N-Br, NL
• Camille KIRSCHER (73), Burnhaupt-le-Haut, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Alida Froklage (75), Losser
• Cornelia Adriana (Diana) van de Laar (65), ,, Monster, Nederland
• Alida Berendsd Froklage (75), Losser

• 1945 » Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician, 1st Secretary of Homeland Security
• 1946 » Alison Steadman, English actress
• 1946 » Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education
• 1947 » Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1949 » Allahshukur Pashazadeh, Azerbaijani cleric
• 1949 » Leon Redbone, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2019)
• 1951 » Bill Whitaker, American journalist
• 1951 » Edward Witten, American physicist and academic
• 1951 » Gerd Bonk, German weightlifter († 2014)

• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)
• 1966 » W. W. E. Ross, Canadian geophysicist and poet (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Kay Francis, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1972 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (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.
• April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
• 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 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

The temperature on August 26, 1948 was between 13.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.