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• * Carolina Wilhelmina Antonia Weijers, Utrecht († 2008)
• Lucas Hendrik Ringeling, De Wijk, Nederland († 2005)
• Maria Johanna Tijsmans, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Nancy Joy Kuehn ****, Alma, Buffalo, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Alexander W.T. van Velzen († 2001)
• Nicolaas van Gelderen, Maassluis († 1997)
• Gerardus Hendrikus Johannes Welling, Utrecht
• Lode Peter Veldhuijzen († 2011)
• Marie-Jeanne Rita Deschryver, Blankenberge († 2011)
• Antje van der Muil, Uithuizermeeden

• Berendina Maria (Dina) TE STROET (72), Gendringen, Oude IJsselstreek (NL)
• Anna Geertruida Parmet (34), Nijmegen
• Afke Alts Liemburg (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Barbera Lamberts (74), Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Baukje Otto (66), Renkum
• Bastiaantje Verschoor (74), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Clasina Rudolphina Maria Cornelia Leijgraaff (76), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Hoeben (84), Lonneker
• Bernardus RIBBENS (62), Eygelshoven
• Afke Liemburg (64), Groningen

• 1941 » Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1999)
• 1941 » Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2017)
• 1946 » Sally Field, American actress
• 1948 » Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2016)
• 1950 » Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician († 2000)
• 1950 » Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
• 1952 » Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1953 » Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
• 1953 » Frank Hanisch, German footballer

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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.
• January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
• March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
• May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.

The temperature on November 6, 1948 was between 0.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.