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• Edith Johanna van LITSENBURG († 2005)
• Jan Stamhuis, Schiedam († 1991)
• Gerardus Vermond, Leiden († 2011)
• Catharina Anna Maria van de Laar, Monster, Nederland († 1998)
• Fernando Delgado Leonel Ferreira, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil († 2001)
• Marinus Jacobus Slikboer, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Gerardus Vermond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Christopher Lee Driessen, Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States († 1997)
• Klaas Fiks, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1977)
• Nieboer, Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) († 1949)

• Berend Moltmaker (72), Groningen
• christiaan VERWEIJ (72), rotterdam
• Baby Steenis (0), Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin (USA)
• Anna, Elisabeth Unland (86), Ebbendorf, Hilter a.T.W., Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Antonia Verbroekken (85), Vierlingsbeek
• Christiaan Matthijs de Bruin (58), Haarlem
• Anna Telkamp (74), Delfzijl
• Albert Kijf (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Dingeman Josephus Heere (82), Raamsdonkveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Antonia Verbroeken (85), Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1948 » Melih Gökçek, Turkish journalist and politician, Mayor of Ankara
• 1948 » Peter Combe, Australian entertainer
• 1948 » Piet Hein Donner, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
• 1948 » Sandra Dickinson, American-English actress and composer
• 1949 » George Harris, British actor
• 1949 » Valeriy Borzov, Ukrainian-Russian sprinter
• 1950 » Tom Petty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2017)
• 1950 » William Russ, American actor and director
• 1951 » Al Greenwood, American keyboard player
• 1951 » Patrick Hall, English lawyer and politician

• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)

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.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

The temperature on October 20, 1949 was between 9.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.