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• Jozeph Cornelis Hogervorst, Aalsmeer († 1977)
• Jacoba Pater, Maarn († 2012)
• Bob Pistoor, HILVERSUM-NH op de Minklerstraat († 1991)
• James Robert Wildenboer, Cheribon, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië († 2017)
• Hardy Everton McInnis III <K BdOb>1, Mississippi ac († 2010)
• Frans Martens († 2001)
• Adriana Elisabeth Petronella de Rooij, Breda († 2009)
• Elisabeth Margaretha Theresia van Lunsen, Amsterdam († 1952)
• Jacob Gijsbert Leest, Uithoorn († 1951)
• Geert van Ooijen († 2000)

• Angelina Antonia Gordijn (61), 's Gravenhage
• Berend van Remmerden (66), Maurik
• Adrianus Johannes Gijsbregts (71), Breda
• Andriesa Groeneveld (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert STAM (83), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria VAN REETH (65), Boom,2850,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andriesa Groeneveld (79), Rotterdam
• Arendje Maria Moree (77), Rozenburg
• Adrianus Cabout (17), Gouda
• Adrianus Takken (58), Amersfoort

• 1946 » Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish bassist and composer († 2005)
• 1947 » Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 1947 » Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1947 » Peter DeFazio, American politician
• 1947 » Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author († 2014)
• 1948 » Pete Sears, English bass player
• 1948 » Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant († 2017)
• 1949 » Christa Vahlensieck, German runner
• 1949 » Hugh Lowther, 8th Earl of Lonsdale, English politician

• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

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.
• January 21 » The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
• May 12 » Wilhelmina, Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, cedes the throne.
• June 26 » Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on May 27, 1948 was between 6.7 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.