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• Marijke Carolina Elisabeth SPRONK, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Johan Tentij, Haarlemmermeer († 2009)
• Eduard Frans Marks, Blaricum, Nederland († 2010)
• Nora Lee Caudill, Teresita, Oklahoma, VS († 2021)
• Jean-Eudes Menche de Loisne († 2013)
• Monique Christiane Boysen, Handzame († 2014)
• Johannes Adrianus Faustinus Hogervorst, Noordwijkerhout († 1948)
• Levenloos geboren kind Fock, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Henderikus Albert Santing († 2017)
• Annemarie Warmerdam, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Berend Niemeijer (64), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Nicolaas VECHTMAN (91), Amsterdam
• Charlie B Hasty (41), Thomas, Georgia, United States
• Arjen Jonker (84), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Wilhelmina Nijhuis (77), 's-Gravenhagen (Zuid-Holland)
• Jonker (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Toorians (57), Besoijen, Nederland
• Berend Niemeijer (64), Winschoten, Holland
• Albert Meirs Prout (46), Cornwall, England
• Carolus De Bie (85), Wiekevorst, 2222, België

• 1945 » Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
• 1945 » Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
• 1945 » John Helliwell, English saxophonist and keyboard player
• 1946 » Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1947 » John Adams, American composer
• 1947 » Marisa Berenson, American model and actress
• 1948 » Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
• 1949 » Ken Anderson, American football quarterback and coach
• 1951 » Markku Alén, Finnish race car driver
• 1951 » Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)

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 25 » The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
• April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
• May 24 » Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captures the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gives Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later.
• 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 February 15, 1948 was between 4.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.