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• Betty Angeline Van Oost, Willebroek († 2000)
• Gerrit Schieving, Zuidveen († 2021)
• Christiaan Hendrikus Goossens, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1950)
• Catharina Elisabeth Liduina Maria Leenderts, Schiedam, Nederland († 1948)
• Maria Hendrina Elisabeth van der Sterren, Nijmegen († 1948)
• Arnoldus Gijsbertus Daselaar, Hilversum († 2006)
• Henk Vries de, Den Haag, Nederland († 2004)
• Aukje Paulusdr. Cuperus, Witmarsum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendrik van Rijn, Katwijk († 2016)
• Lia de Boer, Ursem († 2008)

• Ari van Dijk (43)
• Adolf Klaas Jan Kunst (0), Groningen
• Antonius Gerardus van Bakel (73), Heemstede
• Ronald Godefridus Van Drimmelen (3), Utrecht
• Anna Thijssen (70), Groesbeek
• Catharina Peursem (73), Apeldoorn
• Antonia Maria Speeks (71), Schijndel
• Bastiaan van der Hoek (85), Rotterdam (ZH-NLD)
• Carolus Franciscus Willebrordus Moritz (2), Schiedam
• Adriaan van de Wijngaard (89), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1944 » Richard Belzer, American actor
• 1945 » Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1950 » Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1950 » N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
• 1951 » Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic

• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)

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. Jacob
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

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 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
• 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 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
• 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).
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

The temperature on August 4, 1948 was between 12.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.