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• Helena Lamberta Maria de Groot, Noordwijkerhout († 1948)
• Ellen Kraaijenbrink -, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Johanna Christina Elizabeth (Angela) Buyteweg, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Martinus Aloysius Maria Dusseljee, Breda († 1973)
• Theodorus Johannes ( Theo ) Scholten, Broekerhaven († 2011)
• Anne ter veer († 2017)
• Peter Boogers († 1981)
• Ellen van Eijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Jacobus Jospeh Maria Westgeest, Leidschendam, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Olivia NEWTON-JOHN, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom († 2022)

• Antonia van den Akker (30), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anis Eleanorah BLYE (81)
• Andries Frans Stam (38), Samarinda, Indonesia
• Aaltje Johanna Kersbergen (79), Gemeente IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Fielemon (68), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bos (64), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Plakke (56), Nunspeet
• Anna Maria Zeelenberg (95), ´s-Gravenhage
• Annie Lind (61), New Zealand
• Anna Catharina van Rijswijk (61), Veenendaal

• 1946 » Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author († 2005)
• 1947 » Dick Roth, American swimmer
• 1947 » Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress († 2015)
• 1947 » Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
• 1948 » John Foxx, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
• 1948 » Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 » Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jane Smiley, American novelist
• 1949 » Minette Walters, English journalist and author
• 1949 » Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist († 2013)

• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)

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.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on September 26, 1948 was between 9.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.