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• Hermanus Johannes Wilhelmus Janssen, Leidschendam († 2006)
• Bernadette Maria Oude Wolbers, Hengelo († 2002)
• Magda, Maria van Tichelt, Westmalle († 1948)
• Jos Leunen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Johanna Maria Hendrika (Ank) Tijkotte, Beuningen, 7588, Nederland († 2009)
• Annie (A.M.A.) (Anna) Jonk († 2022)
• Johan Schoolderman, Deventer {OV} († 2009)
• Simon Jocobus Maria van Kins, Rijpwetering,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Reindert Veldhuizen († 2004)
• Lucy Catherine Russell († 1975)

• Bonne Wielinga (79), Workum
• America Owens (54), Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Arie van der Zalm (59), Kerkdriel, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harms Prinsen (59), Blokzijl
• Arie van der Zalm (58), Maasdriel
• Anna Maria Helena Knippenbergh (74), Gennep, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis Barthlms Schravendijk van (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Barend Nopol (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Henriette (Yeta-Bao) RIEDER (68), Jungholtz, 68500, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
• Arie Baan (4), Alblasserdam

• 1946 » Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
• 1946 » Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1948 » Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director
• 1948 » Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
• 1949 » Christina Hart, American playwright and actress
• 1949 » Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet († 2003)
• 1950 » Susan Kramer, Baroness Kramer, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
• 1950 » Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer and coach

• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

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.
• February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
• 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.
• September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
• September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
• October 28 » Paul Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on July 21, 1948 was between 12.9 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.