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• Gerard Ulkeman, Nijverdal († 2011)
• Joseph Serge Gontran BRINCK († 1949)
• Hillegonda Jantina Zwiers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Margaretha Cornelia van den Hamer († 1975)
• Terrence William SMITH, Leven, Tasmania, Australia († 2019)
• Frederik Wagter, Katwijk († 2015)
• Johannes Antonius Leopold Eikenboom († 1972)
• Petrus Willibrordus de Ruijter († 2014)
• Marleen van de Pol, Obdam († 2016)
• Willem Frederik Muller, Eindhoven († 2001)

• Aaltje Vedder (58), Diemen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kornelisz de Groot (94), Nieuwebrug, fr.nld
• Aaldert DALSEM (63), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annigje Stehouwer (76), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Blooi (49), Rhenen
• Albert Paulsen (78), Mosjøen
• Barbara Joan Chapman (20), Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Engeland
• Albert Kornelis de Groot (94), Heerenveen
• Aeltje Blooi (50), Rhenen
• Arnoldus Driessen (64), Oss

• 1946 » Bob Beamon, American long jumper
• 1946 » Demetris Christofias, Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th President of Cyprus († 2019)
• 1946 » Francine D. Blau, American economist and academic
• 1946 » Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice
• 1947 » James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1947 » Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author
• 1948 » Robert S. Langer, American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
• 1949 » Stan Hansen, American wrestler and actor
• 1950 » Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1950 » Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter

• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)

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.
• 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 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 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.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.

The temperature on August 29, 1948 was between 4.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.