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• Hendrika Maria van Mierlo, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Barry W. Westover, Oxnard, Ventura County, California († 1990)
• Cadie Gunst, Roeselare († 2018)
• David Mathie **, Ayrshire County, Scotland († 2001)
• Carolina Augusta (Ineke) Guitoneau, amsterdam, Nederland († 1991)
• Delvin Laverne Fuller, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• N.N. (levenloos) de Goffau, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albert van Valburg, Wadenoijen (GL) († 2024)
• Berendina Spiers, Krommenie († 2016)
• Helena Emilia Francisca Musters, Gilze en Rijen († 1948)

• Adriaan Fraanje (65), Vlissingen
• Antonia Maria Vos (43), Delft
• Albertha Karsina Petersen (65), Ermelo
• Adriaan Bergers (79), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ottow (87)
• Arend Cornelisz Vianen (86), Rijnsburg
• * Alida Jocker (84), Rotterdam
• Antonius Kleij (75), Breda, 4811, Nederland
• Arend Vianen (86), Rijnsburg
• Jan Michiel Brongersma (58), Groningen

• 1946 » Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1946 » Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2014)
• 1948 » Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
• 1948 » Dave Kingman, American baseball player
• 1948 » Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1949 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso († 1987)
• 1950 » Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
• 1950 » Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
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 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
• March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
• December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

The temperature on December 21, 1948 was between -2.0 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.