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• Cornelis Paulus Marius Eigeman, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Peter Theodorus Machiel Sijbers († 2004)
• Dick Rutte
• Loretta Ellen VAN DEN HEUVEL, Elk Mills, Cecil County, Maryland, United States of America († 1994)
• Petrus Cornelius Maria Buijs, Chaam
• Jacob (Jaap) Kluft, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Peter Schönbeck, Timmendorfer Strand († 2007)
• Margaretha Wargaretha Wilhelmina Nijssen, Velsen († 1984)
• Laurette Ryckebusch, Cassel (F) († 1949)
• Gordon J DeGlopper († 1997)

• Barbara Mariah Mullins (56), Fayette County, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Broodbakker (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arie Snijders (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Brakels (81), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Clara Ferguson Osborne (53), Clinton, Vermillion, Indiana, United States
• Aaltje Johanna Geesje Seubring (1), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis (Kees) de Graaff (64), Goes
• Charles Francis Fisher (85), St Louis, Gratiot, Michigan, United States
• Charlotte Louise HOFMEYR (77), Wellington
• Berend Jan Visscher (81), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1945 » Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Frank Marshall, American director and producer
• 1946 » Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
• 1948 » Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist and academic
• 1948 » Nell Carter, American actress and singer († 2003)
• 1948 » Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1949 » John W. Henry, American businessman
• 1950 » Jeff Lowe, American mountaineer
• 1950 » Pat Holland, English footballer and manager
• 1950 » Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland

• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)
• 1937 » David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Elias Disney, Canadian-American farmer and businessman (b. 1859)
• 1944 » W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Amon Göth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 » William Watt, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 » August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)

• 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 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.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• December 10 » The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.

The temperature on September 13, 1948 was between 9.9 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.