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• Sara van Gog, Zandvoort († 1948)
• Willempje Prins († 2005)
• Sjef Zwanenberg, Leiden († 2019)
• Gerhardus Anthonius Deumers, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Yvonne Antoinette Dear († 2007)
• Elisabeth Maria Petronella Steijn, Rijswijk († 2015)
• Anna Westdijk, Klaaswaal († 2015)
• NN Nuijten, Den Helder {NH} († 1948)
• Waltraud Rauhaus, Düsseldorf
• Willem Lens, Wonseradeel († 2020)

• Anna Petronella Reumer (48), Amsterdam
• adriana PELGRIM (71), vlaardingen
• Cornelia Neeltje Hollemans (80), Fijnaart en Heijnigen, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aloysius Sylverans (65), Herentals, België
• Antje van der Bij (84), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Abigje Kornelis (77), Meppel
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina van den Beukel (71), Den Haag
• Adrianus Theodorus Johannes de Rooij (76), Heiloo
• Adriaan Verbrugge (76), Oostburg
• Christina Wilhelmina (Catherine) Dijs (81), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan († 2005)
• 1945 » Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author
• 1946 » Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach
• 1946 » Ted Shackelford, American actor
• 1947 » Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
• 1948 » Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge, United States Supreme Court Justice
• 1949 » Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1949 » Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
• 1951 » Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 » Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager

• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

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.
• 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.
• June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• September 15 » The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080km/h).
• December 9 » The Genocide Convention is adopted.
• December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

The temperature on June 23, 1948 was between 8.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.