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• Pauline Joyce Garrat, Rochford UK († 2004)
• Alida Hendrika Johanna van Rees, Oudenrijn (Urecht) († 1997)
• Jean Senden († 1960)
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Faes, Gilze en Rijen († 2004)
• Paul Joseph DELVAUX, Assent († 2008)
• Peter Eric De Haan († 1999)
• Albert Kraewinckels, Stokkem († 1948)
• Oye Faye Martin ****, Gaffney, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Maarten Groenenberg († 2019)
• Anna Moorlag, Middelstum († 1948)

• Betje Bosman (79), Putten, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Appels (78), Rotterdam
• Adriaan van Essendelft (80), Sayville Suffolk (NY) Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Johanna Tilanus (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christiaan van Pelt (74), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Koster (54), Hoogeveen
• Alice MINY (Myny) (44), Torhout
• Albertus Johannes de Haan (58), Arnhem
• Christoffel Willebrordus Schoof (85), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Jagers (82), Deurne

• 1947 » Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
• 1947 » Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
• 1947 » Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 » Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
• 1947 » Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 » Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete
• 1947 » Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician († 2009)
• 1948 » Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
• 1949 » David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
• 1949 » John Altman, English composer and conductor

• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)

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. Gerardus
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
• April 22 » Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
• May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
• December 11 » Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passes General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict.

The temperature on December 5, 1948 was between 0.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.