About the day » Thursday December 9, 1948Calender converter

• Willem de Voogd, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1949)
• Robert James Deelstra, South Dakota († 1948)
• Jantje Bergmeester († 2007)
• Mary Sharon Dunleavy († 2002)
• Jan Kreuk († 2001)
• Doetje van der Molen, Rottevalle (De Rottefalle), Friesland, Nederland († 2022)
• Jochem (Joop) Huisman († 1976)
• Dalilo Wessling, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1991)
• Brenda Sue Branscum, Konawa, Seminole County, Oklahoma († 1974)
• Jantje Bergmeester, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)

• Antje Scherings (72), Leens
• anthonie VERMEIJ (78), rotterdam
• Aloijsia Stalpers (80), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Wolters (84), Enkhuizen
• Adrianus Cornelis Johan Kerkhofs (0), Oisterwijk
• Albertha Kotterink (68)
• Anna Geertruida Smits (70), Tiel
• Bauke Minkema (77), Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Tuijl (74), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Zanden van der (83), Breda

• 1946 » David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
• 1946 » Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
• 1946 » Nicholas Reade, English bishop
• 1946 » Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
• 1947 » Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
• 1947 » Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
• 1947 » Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
• 1948 » Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
• 1948 » Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Tom Kite, American golfer and architect

• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)

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 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
• July 26 » U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.

The temperature on December 9, 1948 was between 4.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.