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• Maria Johanna Hoogeveen, Alkemade Gem († 2007)
• Margaretha Maria Kwak, Winterswijk
• Hans KITSZ, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Agnes Josephine Vorst, Den Haag († 2003)
• Gre (griet) Jonk († 2020)
• Else Blanken, den, Amsterdam
• Johannes Voorhaar, Naarden († 2013)
• Harm Middeljans († 2009)
• Leopold Julius (Leo) Küster, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Johannes Christiaan Binnendijk, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Cornelis Foesenek (77), Breda
• Cornelis van der Most van Spijk (75), Voorburg, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Coenraad Arthur van Dedem (80), Huis Nyenberg, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal, Pays-Bas
• Alphonse Marie Joseph Valcke (65), Schilde
• Cornelis Pieter Dieleman (65), Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Izaak Nater (65), Den Helder
• Cornelis van der Niet (42), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Leonardus Izaak Nater (65), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Boon (76), Den Haag
• Anna Gerardina Wilhelmina Dufais (77), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
• 1946 » Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
• 1948 » Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
• 1948 » Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
• 1949 » Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer († 2019)
• 1950 » Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
• 1950 » Corinne Cléry, French actress
• 1950 » Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter

• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)

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 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
• April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
• April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
• May 28 » Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa. He later goes on to implement Apartheid.
• October 30 » A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.
• December 26 » Cardinal József Mindszenty is arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy.

The temperature on March 23, 1948 was between 0.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.