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• Jannie Zwaagman, Apeldoorn († 2021)
• geertje Houtlosser, midwoud († 1994)
• Margaretha Adriana Voorsluijs († 1948)
• Simon Gerrit Butter, Haarlem († 2000)
• Elizabeth Touw, Zwartewaal
• Willem Bastiaan de Vries, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Catheriena Elizabet Maria Maritz, Ohrigstad, South Africa († 1995)
• Theodorus Schermer († 1948)
• Ida Theodora Francisca Maria de Vries, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Jos Vekemans, Hoken († 1983)

• Arendje MOL (83), Dordrecht
• Antonius Wagemans (78), Beek
• Anna Jacobs Heeringa (90), Joure
• Anna Elizabeth Alvey (73), Marion County, Kentucky
• Anthony Giarratano (66), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Hamilton Waite (86), Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Hinnes van der Veen (60), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda Gerarda Jordens (49), Langenboom
• Albert Pol (20), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna van der Veen (35), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1946 » David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
• 1946 » Ellison Onizuka, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1946 » Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality († 2014)
• 1947 » Peter Weller, American actor and director
• 1948 » Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter
• 1949 » Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
• 1949 » John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1950 » Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish-born English photographer († 2006)
• 1950 » Nancy Allen, American actress

• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)

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.
• May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
• June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
• June 28 » Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• November 22 » Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign.
• December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.

The temperature on June 24, 1948 was between 5.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.