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• Leonardus Herman Dirk Bakker († 1998)
• Cees Roelen, Nieuw-Ginneken († 1999)
• Jannetje van Ginkel, Baarn, Utr, NL († 2021)
• Geerlof Glasbergen, Rijnsburg († 1995)
• Norma Jean Zoellner, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Alida van 't Velt, Hilversum
• Pieter Otten, Hardenberg († 1948)
• Doodgeboren kind le Maire, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Petrus Johannes Goudsblom, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• N.N. le Maire, Oosterhout († 1948)

• Delta Dealto Sandry (68), Grove City, Meeker, Minnesota, 56243, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wilhelmina Meelis (63), Tilburg
• Antje Leenderts XX Prins (76), EaZ
• Bertha van der Wouw (76), Bergen
• Elisabeth de Wit (73), Haarlem
• Anna Katharine Luise Ilsabein Willmann (55), Bünde, Stadt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Eva Helena Meschendorp (62), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Bram Huibert van der Windt (14)
• Antonius Gerardus Wijnbergen (18), Amsterdam
• Casper Hendrik Keuker (78), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Aleksandr Gorelik, Russian figure skater and sportscaster († 2012)
• 1945 » Barbara Delinsky, American author
• 1946 » Jim Kiick, American football player
• 1946 » Rinus Gerritsen, Dutch rock bass player
• 1947 » Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » John Varley, American author
• 1947 » Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
• 1948 » Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
• 1949 » Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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.
• April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on August 9, 1948 was between 12.2 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.