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• Anna van Duijn, Katwijk († 2020)
• Gloria Jean Stieneke, Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa († 2016)
• Beverly Joan Dyke († 2019)
• Daniel Joseph McAteer Jr, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America († 1983)
• Gerke Hoogland, Dronrijp († 1962)
• Niesje Gerdina Visser († 1950)
• Leo Ubachs, Ubachsberg,, Limburg, Nederland († 1964)
• Penny Jean LaMar, Durand, Shiawasee County, Mi († 1993)
• Kathleen HOUSEMAN, Denison Texas U.S.A († 1974)
• NN Menting, Heteren († 1948)

• Anna Catharina BLEUS (88), Heers, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna de Rooy (80), Vlaardingen
• Cornelis Hendrikus Bemener (75), Rotterdam,-
• Anthonie Bloemberg (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Count Maria Karl of Neipperg (58), Werschetz
• Apolite François Wickel (58), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Rooij (80), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus Ebbing (84), Utrecht
• August Marie Victor Hekking (60), Breda
• Antoon van de Waeter (86), Venray

• 1946 » Edita Gruberová, Slovak soprano and actress
• 1946 » Robbie Dupree, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Susan Lucci, American actress
• 1947 » Bill Rodgers, American runner
• 1948 » David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 » Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
• 1948 » Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
• 1949 » Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer († 2012)

• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)

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.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• 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.
• August 15 » The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on December 23, 1948 was between -7.0 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.