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• Elisabeth (Elly) Singer, Wijdenes († 2023)
• Brigitte Mathilde Job, Ottersheim Dtsl († 2003)
• Marian Hendriks, 's Gravenhage († 2016)
• Hendrikus Maria Mol, Breda († 1948)
• Gerritdina Jantina Altena, Lutten, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1994)
• Johannis Otto Roeland van Riemsdijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Donna A. Smith, New Oxford, Adams, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• John F. Crave, Rome Oneida, New York († 1988)
• Christiaan Antonius Warmenhoven, Beverwijk († 1989)
• Milroy Carolis Mac-Intosh, Suriname (Nickerie) († 2017)

• Albert Drescher (32), Banjoemas Indonesie
• Antonia van Dam (85), Zwollerkerspel
• Anna Maria Bruurs (70), Weelde (Belgie)
• Arnolda Johanna van Rooijen (53), Houten
• Bernard Forbes (73)
• Aaltje Huigen van Duijn (66), Katwijk
• Anna Christina Feijen (84), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Gerrits Zwart (90), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Hemert (75), Rotterdam
• Anna MIJNEN (85), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » David Pountney, English director and manager
• 1947 » Larry Nelson, American golfer
• 1948 » Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician
• 1948 » Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host
• 1948 » Judy Geeson, English actress
• 1948 » Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada
• 1948 » Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author
• 1949 » Babette Cole, English author and illustrator († 2017)
• 1949 » Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter

• 1934 » George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1893)
• 1937 » Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
• 1952 » Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (b. 1908)
• 1961 » Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (b. 1928)

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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
• May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
• 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.
• June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on September 10, 1948 was between 12.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.