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• Jan Bijl († 1969)
• Lammigje (Lammy) Los († 2020)
• Johanna Diderika Mol, Ènschede († 1958)
• Adrianus"Aart" van Zoeren, Nijkerk († 2014)
• Johannes Frederik Helmer -, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Geessien Nieboer († 2008)
• Roelof Meindert (Roel) Bruinsma, Almelo, 7601, Nederland († 2000)
• Johannes Hendricus Maria de Groot, den Haag († 1999)
• Wim Renes († 2020)
• Machelina (Ina) van den Houten († 2011)

• Dick KROON (58)
• Cornelis KOOMEN (58), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andre, Joseph DERIJCKE (47), Kortrijk,8500,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Arthur Dickerson (75), Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States
• Anna Ploeger (65), Purmerend
• Cornelia Frederika Petersen (49), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna May 'Annie' Scott (85)
• Albertine Wiegand (76), Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bessie Cleo McKinney (52), Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Anna Maria van Helvoirt (67), Tilburg

• 1947 » Charlie Joiner, American football player
• 1947 » Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler († 2018)
• 1947 » Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 1987)
• 1948 » Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer
• 1948 » Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
• 1949 » Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
• 1949 » Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
• 1949 » Katha Pollitt, American poet and author
• 1950 » Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer
• 1951 » Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist

• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Adrianus
10. Petrus
11. Peter
12. Dirk
13. Jacob
14. Jacobus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Margaretha
12. Geertruida
13. Jacoba
14. Linda
15. Helena
16. Marianne

• 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)
• 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 9.9 million citizens.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

The temperature on October 14, 1949 was between 7.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.