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• Janna Takens, Vries († 1969)
• Engel Rebecca Hermine Madiol, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jozef (Tjalle) van Dalen, vroomshoop/den ham († 1982)
• Bart Kalkhoven († 2014)
• Del Ernest Jensen, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
• Adriana Jacoba van Holland, Ede
• Christiaan de Jong, Zoetermeer († 2010)
• Franciscus Johannes Craenen, Susteren († 1996)
• Geertruida Petersen († 2007)
• Christiaan (Chris) de Jong, Zoetermeer († 2010)

• Alice KNOOIHUISEN (47), Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Albert Albertsz van Urk (69), Urk
• Antje Landsman (75), Koog aan de Zaan
• Aaltje Schovers (71), Hengelo
• * Margje Been (85), Amsterdam
• Aagje Jacoba Hofman (56), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Buermans (73), Essen, België
• Anna Kesting (73), Ermelo
• Anna Kesting (73), Ermelo
• Anna van de Kasteele (80), Noordgouwe

• 1943 » Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes († 1955)
• 1944 » Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic († 2020)
• 1944 » Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer
• 1945 » Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya
• 1946 » Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone
• 1947 » Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out
• 1948 » Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1952 » Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist

• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1951 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)
• 1967 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)

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 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• 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 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on January 7, 1948 was between 2.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 16.1 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.