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• levenloos Bont, Vlagtwedde († 1948)
• Gerardus J.M. Baten, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1990)
• Albert Vos, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Maria Kusters († 2003)
• Joannes van Boven, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2018)
• William Claude Barnes († 2001)
• Jacob Boekweg, Velsen (NL) († 1998)
• Maria Dina Gertruda Kuijs, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2019)
• Jacqueline Constance Christine Royen, Vliermaal, België († 1949)
• Catharina Johanna Maria Huijbregts, Lage Mierde († 1997)

• Anna Hendriks (85), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angela Bonin (56), São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil
• Camille Alexis Deprez (67), Staden
• Antoinetta Sara Kohlbrugge (63), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dirk EEUWEMA (62), Grootegast Groningen Netherlands
• Dirk MOLENDIJK (78), Dubbeldam
• Bernardus Berendsen (88), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ariën Kos (73), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Johanna (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Jaspers (82), Enschede

• 1946 » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1946 » Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1947 » Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic
• 1947 » Steve Currie, English bass player († 1981)
• 1949 » Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
• 1949 » Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer († 2013)
• 1950 » Jane Parker-Smith, English organist († 2020)
• 1950 » Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

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.
• 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 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
• August 23 » World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• 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.
• November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.

The temperature on May 20, 1948 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.