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• Otto Beers, Leeuwarden († 2000)
• Jan Dallinga, Tjuchem, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Kraamkind Croymans († 1949)
• Levenloos van Mierlo, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Chris van de Luijtgaarden, Breda († 1999)
• Jurry Bobby Tromp, Surabaja († 2007)
• Reina Johanna van Delden († 1991)
• Brian Kleine Deters († 1991)
• NN van Mierlo, Arnhem
• Jan Ploeg, Assendelft († 2009)

• Achiel Achilles (Machiel) Fermans (66), Amstenrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia Harsveld (61), Utrecht
• Antje Ystra (77)
• Achiel Fermans (66), Amstenrade Limburg (NL)
• Augusta Henslin (88)
• Aiko Jakob Hulzebos (66), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde
• Aaltien Morsink (78), Ruinen, de Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Richarda Maria Stalenhoef (78), Montfoort, 3417, Nederland
• Arthur Auguste HANSOTTE (75), Hasselt Belgie
• Aletta Josina Cornelia QUINTUS (72), Wassenaar Zuid-Holland Netherlands

• 1944 » Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1944 » Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1946 » Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1947 » Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• 1951 » Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah
• 1953 » Jeb Bush, American banker, politician and Governor of Florida
• 1953 » Philip Anglim, American actor
• 1953 » Tom Veryzer, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1954 » Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter

• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1963 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
• January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

The temperature on February 11, 1949 was between -2.3 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.