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• Jacobus Johannes Vastenhoud, Dordrecht
• Antje Prins, Odoorn, Nederland († 2013)
• René Berghmans, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1999)
• Johanna Niemeyer, Canton, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 2004)
• Albert Reint Albartus Dijkema, Woudrichem († 1948)
• Clazina Guijt, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Roger W Lindemann († 2017)
• Enfant STEYAERT († 1948)
• Nick (Nicolaas?) van Everdingen († 2020)
• Freddy Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1996)

• Antje Wonderman (77), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Verkerk (73), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Hillegonda Lans (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Jonker (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Koning (78), Volendam (Edam)
• Albert Joseph Rehberger (76), Bellingham, Whatcom, WA
• Adriana Petronella Wilhelmina Catharina van Calsteren (78), Den Haag,-
• Anna Maria Pelzer (77), Bocholtz
• Adriana Petronella Hittinger (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke TOP (57), Ten Post (Gem. Ten Boer)

• 1947 » Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author († 2005)
• 1947 » Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 » Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter
• 1948 » Don Nickles, American businessman and politician
• 1948 » Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic († 2014)
• 1948 » JoBeth Williams, American actress
• 1948 » Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
• 1949 » Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist († 2007)
• 1949 » Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator
• 1949 » Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter († 1986)

• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)

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 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
• May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
• June 26 » Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on December 6, 1948 was between 2.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.