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• Anna Catharina Kiezebrink, Hengelo († 2016)
• Martina Theodora Alida Groenen, Voorhout († 2015)
• N.N. Huisman, Apeldoorn († 1948)
• Cecilia Maria Elisabeth (Lia) van Holstein († 2022)
• Pieter Dirksz van den Oever, Katwijk († 2011)
• Janna Dina Veltkamp, Den Haag († 2013)
• Meindert Kapitein, Urk († 1948)
• Terry Lee Mittelstadt († 2015)
• Netty Knijnenburg, Wassenaar, Nederland († 2019)
• Goffe Tjeert Helder, Bleiswijk († 1948)

• Auguste Cyrille De Groote (69), Laarne
• Adriana Pieternella Quist (32), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Herbert TIPLADY (75), Surrey North Eastern RD
• Aaltjen ten Klooster (65), Zwartsluis {OV}
• Augustinus Van Sweevelt (87), Tessenderlo, 3980, België
• aaltje ten klooster (66), zwartsluis
• Koning (0), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Knip (62), Wedderheide gem. Wedde
• Anna Petronella Hamelink (86), Ridderkerk
• Arendje Mathijs Bakker (77), Wons, Friesland, Nederland

• 1944 » António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde († 2016)
• 1944 » Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
• 1944 » Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor
• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)
• 1948 » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1949 » Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
• 1950 » Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1951 » Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 » William Katt, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)

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.
• January 29 » The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• April 28 » Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
• June 26 » Cold War: The first supply flights are made in response to the Berlin Blockade.
• July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
• 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.
• December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

The temperature on February 16, 1948 was between -1.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.