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• Winnie Lone Andersen († 2013)
• Jon A Meyer, Roseland, Minnesota († 2013)
• Beryline Kay STEVENSON, Ellensburg, Kittitas County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Kenneth Leroy Allen, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah († 2017)
• Anne Elizabeth (Annelies) Smit, Heerlen († 2003)
• Johanna Maria Remmers, Malden († 2011)
• Gerritdina Annigje (Ina) Brugman, Almelo († 2003)
• Josepha Kennis († 1950)
• Nn Collot d'Escury († 1949)
• Neeltje Wilhelmina Maria Westplate, Poortugaal († 2008)

• Groene (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes Vrolijk (67), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Gerardus Anton van der VEEN (0), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Dirks van der Zee (79)
• Aaltje Freerks van der Meulen (70), Surhústerfean, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Langenberg (41), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jansonius (71), Noordwijk, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Herting (70), Bevergern
• Aaltje van der Meulen (70), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Carla Hoen (0), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1946 » Hubert Green, American golfer († 2018)
• 1946 » Mike Beebe, American lawyer and politician, 45th Governor of Arkansas
• 1946 » Pierre Falardeau, Canadian director, screenwriter, and activist († 2009)
• 1946 » Tim Johnson, American lawyer and politician
• 1947 » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager († 2000)
• 1947 » Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player
• 1948 » Ziggy Modeliste, American drummer
• 1950 » Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2010)
• 1950 » Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer
• 1950 » Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic

• 1937 » Maurice Ravel, French pianist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Steve Evans, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
• 1959 » Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)

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.
• January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on December 28, 1949 was between 6.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.