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• Fredericus Johannes Bakker, Haarlem († 1999)
• Kuiper, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1949)
• Jozef Maria Jansegers, Bornem († 2005)
• Maria Hendrika Foppen, Harderwijk († 1949)
• Simon Wessels, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1968)
• A.J.P.C. Kitslaar, 's Hertogenbosch († 1985)
• Jos Beerse, Alkmaar († 1949)
• Cornelis Jozef Jong, Medemblik († 1949)
• Scott Raymond Bowers, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2006)
• Marcel Kamiel VAN KERCKHOVE, Gent

• Adrianus Jan Barendregt (57), Beemster
• Bartel Thonus Boot (49), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Kuijer (73), Soest
• Bernardina Augusta Maria MENTINK (53), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kuijer (73), Soest
• Charles Henry Kring (74), Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
• Anna Maria Mommers (67), Tilburg
• Adrianus Alphonsus Johannes Van Waardenburg (67), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Adrianus Jan Barendregt (57), Beemster
• Andries, Anthonie van Schaik (56), Hilversum, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1946 » Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic († 1994)
• 1948 » Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » John de Lancie, American actor
• 1948 » Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1949 » Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 » Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
• 1950 » Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter
• 1950 » William Hurt, American actor
• 1951 » Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (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. 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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on March 20, 1949 was between -3.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.