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• Wiebe Kroon († 2019)
• NN de Boer, Drachten
• Wiebe Kroon († 2019)
• Nn Quist, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Grietje Wilhelmina van Dooijeweerd, Weesp († 2012)
• NN Gregoire, Maastricht († 1948)
• Caroline Stephanie Hudig, Kaapstad, R.S.A.
• Joop Bakker, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• maria johanna hunnekens, helden-grashoek
• Egbertje Geertiena Wiegers, Groningen († 2013)

• Aagje Eegeman (71), Brielle, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Berendina Wullink (74), Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kervezee (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Zwier (58)
• Anna Maria Vroegrijk (68)
• Adriana Weenink (86), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie GEERLING (80), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vroegrijk (68), Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• ? (levenloos) Quist (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NED
• Annechien Weimar (22)

• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 » Karina, Spanish singer/actress
• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
• 1950 » Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer
• 1951 » Gary Rossington, American guitarist
• 1951 » Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright

• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)

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.
• March 20 » With a Musicians Union ban lifted, the first telecasts of classical music in the United States, under Eugene Ormandy and Arturo Toscanini, are given on CBS and NBC.
• April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
• May 20 » Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wins the 1948 Republic of China presidential election and is sworn in as the first President of the Republic of China at Nanjing.
• July 8 » The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
• September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on December 4, 1948 was between 6.4 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.