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• Albert Joannes Lejon, Brasschaat (B) († 1957)
• Herman van der Veen († 2004)
• Gerdina Geertruida de Haas († 1981)
• Johannes Antonius van der Westen, Roosendaal († 1975)
• Chantal LEMAITRE, Saint Pol sur Mer (59430) Frankrijk († 2010)
• Elizabeth Gerrie Lohuis, Hengelo († 2019)
• Hendrik Johannes Brouwer, Lunteren, Nederland († 2010)
• Henny (Hendrik J.) Edel († 1985)
• Martinus Weinans, Laudermarke Vlagtwedde († 1983)
• Johannes Adrianus van den Bersselaar, Berlicum († 1998)

• Alida Catharina Eelman (74), Oosterend
• Adriana van de Weerd (87), Wijk bij Duustede
• Anna Hedzers Heddema (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Hedzers Heddema (75), Winschoten
• Adriana Putters (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Leeuwen (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Witter (72), Elburg
• Aaltje Steenbergen (79), Zuidwolde
• "Maria Isabella" Anna Josina Charlotte Huydecoper (89), Zeist, Pays-Bas
• Anna Marie Odile Preuveneers (Previnaire) (78), Neerheylissem

• 1947 » Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1947 » Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1948 » Dennis Waterman, English actor
• 1948 » Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 2016)
• 1948 » Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1950 » Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1951 » David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 » Derek Randall, English cricketer

• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)

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 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• 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.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

The temperature on February 24, 1949 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.