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• de Boer, Smallingerland († 1948)
• Grietje Wilhelmina van Dooijeweerd, Weesperkarspel († 2012)
• Nn van den Borne, Reusel
• van de Borne, Reusel
• Carl Joseph de Boer, Slagharen († 1952)
• ? (levenloos) Quist, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NED († 1948)
• Gerardus Johannes Willibrordus (Gerard) Luiken, Oldemarkt († 2020)
• Joop Bakker, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrik Simon Theo Ulrich Jan van der Blom, Cheribon NI († 2022)
• Adrianus Johannes Parlevliet, den haag († 1948)

• Berend Jan Winkelman (60), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van Loon (65), Deventer
• - de Boer (0), Opeinde (Smallingerland)
• Albertus Antonius Rikmanspoel (85), Enschede,Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Oost (27), Westerbork
• Aaltje Hendriks Jageling (66), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vroegrijk (68), Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alida Dina Kranenburg (64), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Braad (89), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• *Jacobus Elst (80), Roosendaal

• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 » Karina, Spanish singer/actress
• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
• 1950 » Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
• 1951 » Gary Rossington, American guitarist
• 1951 » Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright

• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)

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.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• May 29 » United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.
• June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
• June 26 » William Shockley files the original patent for the grown-junction transistor, the first bipolar junction transistor.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.

The temperature on December 4, 1948 was between 6.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.