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• Ari Cardoso de Moraes, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil († 1949)
• Rieks Elling († 2020)
• John Richard Verboon, Hanford (USA) († 2012)
• Rene Hubert Servaas Philips († 1987)
• Berendjan(Bennie) Gronouwe, Leuvenheim, Gelderland, Nederland († 2017)
• Henrica Francisca Sophia Maria de Lepper, Eindhoven († 1952)
• Cornelis Johannes Petrus Otte, Hillegom († 1991)
• Janna Schutte, Baalder († 2012)
• Jacques Wilhelmus Smit, Heerlen († 1948)
• Nicolaas Antonius Johannes van Wieringen, Lisse († 2007)

• Cecile Maria Van den Neste (35), Brussel Brabant
• Adrianus Albertus Holwedel (70), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• adriana KORTEWEG (92), 's-gravendeel
• Arnoldus Wybrens Stellema (73), Oudkerk
• Anna Catherina Sipka DRIJBER (73), Meppel Drenthe Netherlands
• Agatha Cornelia van Eijk (56), Oestgeest, Nederland
• Arnoldus STELLEMA (73), Oudkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria van Loijen (77), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Vandyken (53), Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aldert Roffel (64), Noordenveld, Netherlands

• 1946 » Ted Bundy, American serial killer († 1989)
• 1946 » Tony Clarkin, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player
• 1947 » Dwight Schultz, American actor
• 1948 » Rudy Tomjanovich, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Spider Robinson, American-Canadian author and critic
• 1948 » Steve Yeager, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, English politician
• 1949 » Sally Davies, English hematologist and academic
• 1949 » Shane Bourne, Australian comedian, actor, and television host

• 1943 » Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)

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 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• May 14 » Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.

The temperature on November 24, 1948 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.