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• Frank Jan Willem Suyderhoud, Soerabaja
• Nettie van den IJssel, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 2011)
• Francina Jacoba Maria van Leersum, Den Haag († 2000)
• Everdina Stemerding, Rheden († 2011)
• Grietje KRUIZE († 1949)
• Nelly Sprangers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Edith Mager, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Maria Theresia Theadora Werdina Wilhelmina van Laarhoven, Tilburg († 2012)
• Aloisius Leonardus Marie (Loek) Kalkhoven, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• NN Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE} († 1948)

• David Alma Perkins (78), Dayton, Franklin, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Wardenaar (86), Hauwert
• Christina Johanna Harmina Willemsen (71), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Emmo Tammes (62), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• cornelis franciscus jacobus van den beemt (1), breda
• Antonius Hendrikus Pothof (75), Nijmegen
• Adrianus van Haastregt (73), Alkemade
• Adrianus van Haastregt (73), Alkemade
• Aafje Krom (73), Wormerveer
• Berendina te GROOTENHUIS (72), Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Terborg

• 1947 » Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
• 1947 » Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1947 » Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1948 » Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist († 1982)
• 1948 » Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer
• 1948 » Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Richard Gere, American actor and producer

• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)

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.
• January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
• December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

The temperature on August 31, 1948 was between 8.7 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.