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• Grietje Wilhelmina van Dooijeweerd, Weesperkarspel († 2012)
• maria johanna hunnekens, helden-grashoek
• Meiert Spigt, Koogerveld (Texel) († 1962)
• Wiebe Kroon († 2019)
• Nn Quist, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Neeltje Elizabeth Struif, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Adrianus Johannes Parlevliet, den haag († 1948)
• Jeannine-Francine Vercauteren, Lebbeke († 1949)
• Dickie de Vries, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1954)
• van de Borne, Reusel

• Anna Maria Vroegrijk (68)
• *Jacobus Elst (80), Roosendaal
• Arend Hendrik Niessink (71), Enschede
• Berendina Wullink (74), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oost (27), Westerbork
• Aafje Zwier (58), Cutterville, MI (USA)
• "Daniel" Jacques de Meurs (66), Watermael-Boitsfort, Bruxelles, Belgique
• Aaltje Hendriks Jageling (66), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Jan Winkelman (60), Rotterdam
• Arend Dragt (76), Avereest

• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 » Karina, Spanish singer/actress
• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
• 1950 » Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
• 1951 » Gary Rossington, American guitarist
• 1951 » Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright

• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)

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.
• April 9 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán's assassination provokes a violent riot in Bogotá (the Bogotazo), and a further ten years of violence in Colombia.
• May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• December 20 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly-formed Republic of Indonesia.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on December 4, 1948 was between 6.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.