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• Florentina Rosalia (Tiny) Lauwers, Hulst, Nederland († 2002)
• Elbertus Marinus van Dijk, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Barend Beitler, Barneveld († 2003)
• Neeltje Annette Nouwen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Theodore James Mensonides, Exmorra († 2020)
• Kathryn Ann Kathmann, Beaver Falls, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• L A L N Vogels, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Marie Louise (Malou) Henderix, Hoepertingen, België († 2000)
• Levenloos Knapen, Nederweert († 1949)
• N.N. Knapen, Nederweert († 1949)

• Antonius van Remmerden (0), Arnhem Gelderland Nederland
• Antje Slingerland (81), Ter Aar, Nederland
• Antje Slingerland (81), Ter Aar
• Bartha Geertruida Nijhof (56), Apeldoorn
• Antoinetta Margaretha Leijsner (70), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Bernardus van Pul (84), Halsteren
• Adriaantje Berkhout (70), Pernis
• Anthoinette Margaretha Leijsner (70), Wassenaar
• Albert Roskam (82), Groningen
• Annie M McCloud (83), Severn River, Anne Arundel County, Maryland,United States of America

• 1948 » Don Nickles, American businessman and politician
• 1948 » Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic († 2014)
• 1948 » JoBeth Williams, American actress
• 1948 » Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
• 1949 » Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist († 2007)
• 1949 » Linda Barnes, American author, playwright, and educator
• 1949 » Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter († 1986)
• 1949 » Peter Willey, English cricketer and umpire
• 1950 » Guy Drut, French hurdler and politician
• 1950 » Joe Hisaishi, Japanese pianist, composer, and conductor

• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)

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 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• 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 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

The temperature on December 6, 1949 was between 3.8 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.