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• Levinga († 1948)
• Evert Jan Bakhuis († 2013)
• John Klijsen († 1981)
• Levenloos geboren Sietsma, Gouda, Nederland († 1948)
• Willemina Janna Elisabeth Juttte, Den Haag († 2008)
• Marijke Eijkman, de Nooroostelijke polder,, Flevoland, Nederland († 2017)
• Luc Vantomme, Oekene († 2012)
• Dennis Lloyd Stanga († 2008)
• David George Doggett, Sugar Land, Fort Bend, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• André Jacobus van Wonderen, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)

• Aloisius Johannes Swanenberg (66), Den Haag
• Anette Hellwig (50), Treebeek
• Antonius Bernardus van Zon (66), Heilo, 1850, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jansen (90), Beek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Gennip (74), Eindhoven
• Attje Wiersma (74)
• Arnold Willem van Velsen (77), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonetta Maria Adriana van Gorp (0), Tilburg
• Levinga (0)
• Anna Catharina Zabel (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
• 1947 » Harvey Proctor, English politician
• 1947 » Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
• 1948 » Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
• 1948 » Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
• 1948 » John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1948 » Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
• 1949 » Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1949 » Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
• 1949 » R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic

• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Arthur Darby, English rugby player (b. 1876)

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.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• June 28 » Cold War: The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.

The temperature on January 16, 1948 was between 1.0 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.