About the day » Friday December 17, 1948Calender converter

• David Vossepoel, Nederhorst den Berg († 2016)
• Elly Ross, ‘s Heerenberg
• Helena Elisabeth Maria Tielemans, Nieuw-Ginneken
• Andreas Marie Joseph Lemmens, Sittard, Nederland († 1949)
• Aaltje Nelly (Alie) VERMAAS († 2020)
• Gerhard Johannes Antonius Agten, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 2020)
• Aaltje Wever, de Wijk (Drente) Nederland († 1975)
• de Bruin, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)
• Armand Petrus De Craecker, Aarschot Vlaams Brabant († 1964)
• Marinus Blaak, Gemeente Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)

• Anna Luijendijk (84), Hekelingen, Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Zomer (83), Vriezenveen, Nederland
• Augustus Bauwens (85), SINT PAUWELS
• Anna Margaretha de Jong (73), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Budé (78), Maastricht
• Arnolda van Oordt (71), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Kluijtenaar (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angeline Isabelle Philippine Naerebout (58), utrecht
• Anna Luijendijk (84), hekelingen (zuid holland)
• Bessie B. Brown (74), Blackfoot, Bingham County, Idaho, United States

• 1946 » Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Simon Bates, English radio host
• 1947 » Wes Studi, American actor and producer
• 1948 » Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer
• 1948 » Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician
• 1948 » Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)
• 1949 » Paul Rodgers, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1949 » Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
• 1950 » Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author
• 1950 » Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach

• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

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. Gerardus
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.
• February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
• March 17 » Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.
• March 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
• 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.

The temperature on December 17, 1948 was between 4.3 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.