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• Gerke Hoogland, Dronrijp († 1962)
• Anneke Grootendorst, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Catharina Ludwina Maria (Toos) Wenneker, Wateringen, Nederland († 2021)
• Beverly Joan Dyke († 2019)
• Chrétien Guillaume Théodore Heijen, Hulsberg,, Limburg, Nederland († 1962)
• Hubertus Johannes Gertrudis (Bert) Weusten, Schinnen († 1971)
• Marion Huisman († 2016)
• Daniel Joseph McAteer Jr, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America († 1983)
• Anna Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Jacoba Glashouwer, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• Albertha Willemina Beek ter (67), Enschede, Ov, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus Ebbing (84), Utrecht
• antoon van de waeter (86), venray
• Aaltje de Gorter (82), Oost-Vlieland
• Charles, Francois Jeanty (68)
• Charles François Jeanty (68)
• Charles Henri Jeans PARIS (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Constantia Maria Möller (66), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Johannes de Rooy (80), Vlaardingen
• Antoon van de Waeter (86), Venray

• 1946 » Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 » Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1947 » Bill Rodgers, American runner
• 1948 » David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 » Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
• 1948 » Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
• 1949 » Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer († 2012)

• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)

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.
• May 15 » Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
• July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• 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 December 23, 1948 was between -7.0 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.