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• Jan Koerts († 2015)
• Frederik Broer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Louise (Loes) Scheffer, Rotterdam
• * Carolina Wilhelmina Antonia Weijers, Utrecht († 2008)
• Gerardus Hendrikus Johannes Welling, Utrecht
• Johanna Maria Baart, Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)
• Joseph Elisha McLaughlin († 1974)
• Maria Francisca (Mia) Op de Beke, Hoensbroek († 2001)
• Fokeltje Hester Peijzel, Doetinchem († 2018)
• Adriaan Marie Buesink, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)

• Anthonius Mandjes (64), Zaandam
• Catharina Maria Aarts (62), Roermond
• Albert van der Paard (85), Wagenborgen
• Charles Christopher Grattan-Bellew (61)
• Anna Geertruida Parmet (34), Nijmegen
• Anthonetta Maria Geertruida Brigitta Willemse (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Otto (66), Renkum
• Cathalina Pieters van der Meer (87), Sneek
• Berendina Eva van Delden (58), Epe
• Berendina Maria te Stroet (72), Gendringen (Oude IJsselstreek)

• 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)

• 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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
• December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

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.