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• David Lee Arrowood († 1977)
• Michael PRETORIUS, Kitwe, Zambia († 2010)
• Jan Dirk Scheperboer († 1993)
• Adrianus Johanus Vander Velden, Leerdam, Gemeente Leerdam, South Holland, Niederlande († 2009)
• NN Laarhoven, Rotterdam († 1948)
• Gerda Tesselaar, Den Helder († 2016)
• Hendrika Patings, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan Peter Mathias Mathisen, Navjord, Beiarn, Norway († 2004)
• Kenneth Eugene Combs Sr, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio († 2012)
• Elisabeth Johanna Trijntje de Lange, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adrianus Johannes Anthonius van der Vaart (71), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Hanegraaf (42), Vaals,LB, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Schreurs (82), Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arend Bremer (93), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antje Feenstra (69), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina van den Eijnden (89), Eindhoven
• Antonius Boeren (48), Hoeven
• Aaltje BOND (73), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hijman Sajet (82), Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cornelia Haasnoot (74), Ouder-Amstel

• 1946 » César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
• 1946 » Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1946 » Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
• 1946 » Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
• 1947 » Stephen Mueller, American painter († 2011)
• 1948 » Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1948 » Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1949 » Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal
• 1949 » Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa

• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
• 1962 » Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• 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.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

The temperature on September 24, 1948 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.