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• Nn BENNEKER, Weerselo
• Cornelis Vink, Zoeterwoude († 1966)
• Riekelt de Vries, Urk († 2020)
• Vogelina Muller, Smalllingerland
• Rieka Schurink († 2010)
• Dorothea Broere, 's-Gravenhage († 2017)
• Willem Gerard JohanJohan Knibbe, Le ChÃót.en Brie († 1961)
• Arie van Hulst († 2016)
• Petrus Martinus Rongen, Tienray, Meerlo-Wanssum († 1991)
• Michael Ronald Maylum, Byron, Shiawassee County, Michigan († 1994)

• Alida Walraven (55), Vinkeveen
• Apolonia Theodora van der Wielen (74), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Arie Vermeulen (86), hekelingen (zuid holland)
• Adella Morgan (76), Barton, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
• Antje Mekkes Nicolai (91)
• Aaltje Beneker (80), Beverwijk, prov. Noord Holland
• Aleida Susanna Hams (54), Geesteren
• Andreas Uijleman Anthonijs (50), 's Gravenhage
• Augustina Augustine van Deventer (54)
• Alida WALRAVEN (55), Vinkeveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1945 » Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer († 1997)
• 1947 » Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician
• 1948 » Colin Todd, English football player and coach
• 1949 » Bill Nighy, English actor
• 1949 » Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy businessman and politician, President of Madagascar
• 1950 » Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1950 » Gorman Thomas, American baseball player
• 1950 » Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
• 1950 » Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
• 1950 » Rajinikanth, Indian actor

• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)

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.
• January 17 » The Renville Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia is ratified.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
• July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• 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.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.

The temperature on December 12, 1948 was between 7.4 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.