About the day » Monday December 27, 1948Calender converter

• NN De Hamer, Hilversum († 1948)
• Russell Lyle Sleper, Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2023)
• Wouter Louis Stolk († 2001)
• Hans VROOMEN, Eindhoven (NL/NB) († 2014)
• N.N. van Gorp, Goirle († 1948)
• Milton William Beck († 2005)
• Roy Harold Grubaugh († 2000)
• Hessel Zondervan, Den Helder
• Leijten, Banjermasin (Borneo, IDN) († 1995)
• Maria Susanna Ameln († 2022)

• * Maria Allegonda van den Berk (72), Empel en Meerwijk
• Antje Relk (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Maria van Woerkom (66), Tilburg
• Anna Margaretha Huberdina Berghs (78), Nijmegen
• Adrianus Johannes Bakker (87), Velsen
• Alphonsus Maria van Woerkom (66), Tilburg, Nederland
• Alberta Hogenbirk (90), Vorden (GL)
• Alberta Pennings (80), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margareta Huberdina Berghs (78), Nijmegen
• Alijda Middelman (81)

• 1946 » Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager
• 1946 » Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach
• 1947 » Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician
• 1947 » Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
• 1948 » Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor
• 1949 » Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and critic

• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)

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.
• June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
• July 5 » National Health Service Acts create the national public health system in the United Kingdom.
• September 12 » Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.
• December 26 » The last Soviet troops withdraw from North Korea.
• December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

The temperature on December 27, 1948 was between -8.3 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.