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• Lies de Zwart, Texel († 2010)
• Dirksje Brugts, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Jozef Roosemont, Ternat, B († 2006)
• Daniel Clair Boston († 2015)
• William Dean Nyenhuis († 2013)
• William Dennis Remmel "Dennis" († 1996)
• Willibrord Kraan († 1952)
• Elisabeth Jelkje de Zwart, Texel († 2008)
• Anna Maria Martina Geertruida Verbeek, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2022)
• A. Schaafsma

• Amador Jorge de Siqueira Franco (71), Mogi Mirim, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aalbert Dijkhuizen (69), Scheveningen
• Artie Virginia Nixon (39), High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, United States of America
• Anna Both (71), 's-gravenhage (zuid holland)
• Christina Wilhelmina Cornelisse (46)
• Antonius Josephus Thomassen (71), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje Gerbers (71), Hengelo, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Mast (76), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Rieke (Rike) (66), Alkmaar
• Anna Treffers (65), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1948 » Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer († 2016)
• 1948 » George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse
• 1948 » Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon
• 1950 » Gary Pihl, American guitarist Boston
• 1950 » Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge († 2015)
• 1950 » Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1941 » Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)
• 1942 » J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)
• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)

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.
• April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• September 22 » Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
• October 5 » The Ashgabat earthquake kills between 10,000 and 110,000 people.
• November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
• December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.

The temperature on November 21, 1948 was between 5.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.