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• Jacob Wijker, Velsen († 2023)
• Philippe CONVENT, Heffen, 2801, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1979)
• John Craig Brand, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah († 2018)
• Peter Mitchell Myers, Fort Walton, Flevoland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hindrik Uuldriks, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Petrus van Hilten, Amsterdam († 1949)
• Gary Dale BURGESS, Berwick, Victoria, Australia († 1965)
• N.N. Versluijs, Zwolle
• Klaas Botter, Hoogeveen († 2005)
• Johan SCHONEWILLE († 1997)

• Albert Jansen (81), Holten
• Antje Boekel (81)
• Aletta Noordzij (74), Bloemendaal, Nh, Netherlands
• Albertje Wesseling (61), Amersfoort
• Antonia van MAREN (79), Haaften
• Adrianus Hendrik Willem Dingemansz. Vis (74), Heerjansdam (ZH Nederland)
• Anna Petronella Wilhelmina Bijleveld (78), Harderwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Helden (58), leiden (zuid holland)
• Albert Jansen (81), Holten
• Annie B Rinear (86), New Jersey

• 1948 » Chris Squire, English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist († 2015)
• 1948 » James Ellroy, American writer
• 1948 » Jean O'Leary, American nun and activist († 2005)
• 1948 » Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, New Zealand-Australian author
• 1948 » Mike Moran, English musician, songwriter and record producer
• 1948 » Shakin' Stevens, British singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Tom Grieve, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1949 » Carroll Baker, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia († 2011)
• 1950 » Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter

• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1944 » Louis Capone, Italian-American gangster (b. 1896)
• 1944 » René Lefebvre, French businessman (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)

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 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• 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.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

The temperature on March 4, 1949 was between -5.1 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.