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• Michel Cauwenberghs, van, Antwerpen, B († 1949)
• Maria Helena Emilia Van Craen, Schriek (Heist op den Berg) († 1970)
• Loek Buczkiewicz, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Cornelis Bernardus (Cor) van Opzeeland, Leeuwarden, FR, Nederland († 2009)
• bernard BROGNIEZ, Bracquegnies (Belgium) († 1989)
• Jeanette Hendrika Theodora Marchal, Stein († 1949)
• Heine Lambertus Rozema, Klazienaveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Willem Jacobus de Mooij, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Paulien Barnhoorn, Noordwijk († 2012)
• Christina (Tineke) Theresia Maria Werkhoven, Amsterdam († 2009)

• Anna Maria Bronkhorst (77), Angerlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelsdr Keus (80), Dordrecht
• Antonius Petrus AUKES (33), Weesp(Noord Holland)
• Anna Cornelia van Overbeek (81), Rotterdam, NL
• Antonius Petrus Aukes (33), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Aukes (33), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Petrus Aukes (33), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertje Mulder (72), Hilversum
• Alphonse Jacques Emile Wyme (77), Brugge (BE)
• Albert Edward Waddell Arrott (71), Alleghany, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1948 » Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter
• 1948 » Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host
• 1948 » Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress († 2017)
• 1949 » Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner
• 1951 » Mike Bantom, American basketball player and manager
• 1951 » Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician
• 1951 » Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer († 1994)
• 1951 » Rick Mears, American race car driver

• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1937 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)
• 1941 » Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
• 1949 » Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)
• 1956 » Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)

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.
• May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
• June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
• August 12 » Babrra massacre: About 600 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are shot dead on the orders of the Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province, Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri, on Babrra ground in the Hashtnagar region of Charsadda District, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.

The temperature on December 3, 1948 was between 1.9 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.