About the day » Tuesday September 21, 1948Calender converter

• Kenneth William SPITTER, England († 2016)
• Frans Leenaerts, Wuustwezel, 2990, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1986)
• John Justin, Gloucestershire, England († 2011)
• Gerhardus Johannes Hendrikus Jozef Einhaus, Borne († 1998)
• Antony Pieter van Blanken, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2016)
• Huberdina Antonia Wilhelmina Mank, Tilburg († 2005)
• Kay Elaine Miller, Paulding County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1986)
• Jeffery Arthur Hempel, Burra, South Australia, Australia († 2009)
• Egbert Stegeman († 2002)
• Frederikus Jacobus Halsema, Wehe-Den Hoorn († 1980)

• Anke BERG (70), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andrew Jacob Reeter (65), Vandalia, Fayette County, Illinois, VS
• Koffeman (0)
• Bernard Louis Hoogkamp (73), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Philomena Schellis (71), Brustem, 3800, België
• cornelis VISSER (51), rotterdam
• Bastiaan Schouten (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van der Zande (67), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus van der Zande (67), Haarlem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Breg (82), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Don Felder, American musician and songwriter (Eagles)
• 1947 » Ed Nimmervoll, Austrian-Australian journalist, historian, and author († 2014)
• 1947 » Keith Harris, English ventriloquist and singer († 2015)
• 1947 » Marsha Norman, American playwright and author
• 1947 » Rupert Hine, English musician, songwriter, and record producer
• 1947 » Stephen King, American author and screenwriter
• 1948 » Jack Dromey, English union leader and politician
• 1948 » Mitsuo Momota, Japanese wrestler
• 1949 » Artis Gilmore, American basketball player and radio host
• 1949 » Henry Butler, American pianist and photographer

• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)
• 1947 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
• 1956 » Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)

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.
• January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• July 1 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Quaid-i-Azam) inaugurates Pakistan's central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan.
• July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
• July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.

The temperature on September 21, 1948 was between 5.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.