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• Petra Geertruida Leonarda van Heertum, Ede
• Mindert (Minko) Weening, Boalsert, Friesland, Nederland († 2021)
• Brigit Smet († 2010)
• Hermien Kox, Eindhoven († 2006)
• Gerrit Johannis (Gert) Jonker, Apeldoorn
• Dicky van Buuren († 2008)
• Anna Maria Luisman, Hengelo († 2023)
• L.J. van Chastelet († 2023)
• Hendrk Johannes Hendriks Hilbers, Den Haag, gem. den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Martinus van der Zanden, Breda († 1968)

• Bastiana Schrier (78), Waarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Frishert (71)
• Charles D. Unknown (80), Idalou, Lubbock, Texas, United States
• Antje Roemer (81), Purmerend
• Albert Pama (75), Groningen
• Anna Apolonia Nieuwedorp (58), Kapelle
• Cornelia Maria van der Velde (70), Leiderdorp
• Cornelia van Nieuwenhoven (62), Arnhem
• "Mathis" Matthijs Matthijs (90), Groesbeek, NL
• Bastiaan KOIJCK (80), Heinenoord

• 1947 » Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian author and illustrator
• 1948 » Dave Mallow, American voice actor and screenwriter
• 1948 » James Howard Kunstler, American author and critic
• 1948 » Patrick Simmons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Jamie McGrigor, English-Scottish politician
• 1949 » Lynn Dickey, American football player and radio host
• 1950 » Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman
• 1951 » Annie Golden, American actress and singer
• 1951 » Demetrios Christodoulou, Greek mathematician and physicist
• 1951 » Kurt Schrader, American veterinarian and politician

• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1952 » Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1894)
• 1960 » George Wallace, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)

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.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.

The temperature on October 19, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.