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• Brigitte Gobbin
• Jan Germ Sijbrands de Vries, Oosterzee († 2018)
• Frens Scholten, Emmer Compascuum, Drenthe, Netherlands († 2019)
• Leonardus Albertus Marie Peeters, Maasbree († 1998)
• N.N. Couters, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1948)
• Eelke Dam († 2018)
• Johannes Paulus van der Born, Hazerswoude († 1965)
• Jantine Lubbigjen Zoomer, Hardenberg († 1993)
• Martina Philomène Marie Bon, Hillegom († 2008)
• Kenneth Ray Eiklenborg, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2020)

• Arendje Klein (40), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Christina Jacoba Smit (73), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Eimert Vink (63), Meerkerkbroek
• Arie van der WIEL (82), Sliedrecht
• Aaltje Kelder (78), Diffelen
• Catharina Goossens (89), Ottersum, Nederland
• Aaltje Kelder (78)
• Chastine Mc-Kinney (67), Hellerup sogn, K²benhavns amt
• Doodgeboren kind Bergman (0), Vught
• Derk Jan Jansen (76), Winterswijk

• 1946 » Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor († 2014)
• 1946 » Nicholas Clay, English actor († 2000)
• 1947 » Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 » Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1947 » Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1948 » Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
• 1949 » Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
• 1949 » Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office († 2005)
• 1949 » Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager

• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)

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.
• April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
• September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on September 18, 1948 was between 6.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.