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• Wilhelmus Petrus Joris, Tilburg († 2005)
• Jan Hendrik Becker, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Albert Gijsmans († 1971)
• Frans MA Zoetelief († 2006)
• Jan Peemen, Prinsenbeek
• Raymond Dale Sportell († 2001)
• Marijke Kroon († 2002)
• Astrid Vos († 2009)
• Philippus Jacob Fahrenfort, Den Helder († 1968)
• Wilhelmina Cornelia Berkemeier, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1949)

• Alida Tanis (77), Veenendaal
• Agatha Passemier (87), Rotterdam
• Anna Petronella Maria Schook (72), Oegstgeest
• Anna Mulder (79), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Dulmes (56), Lima Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Aaltje Ganzeman (85), Leerdam
• Abe de Vries (47), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Seton (77), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Ganzeman (79), Leerdam
• Agatha Passemier (87), Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1946 » Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1947 » John Adams, American composer
• 1947 » Marisa Berenson, American model and actress
• 1948 » Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
• 1949 » Ken Anderson, American football quarterback and coach
• 1951 » Jane Seymour, English-American actress, producer, and jewelry designer
• 1951 » Markku Alén, Finnish race car driver
• 1951 » Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1952 » Nikolai Sorokin, Russian actor and director († 2013)
• 1952 » Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian politician, 4th President of Serbia

• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest and theologian (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)

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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• 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.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on February 15, 1949 was between 7.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.