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• Derk Jan (Dick) Dalhuisen, Apeldoorn († 2004)
• Ria de Bie, Waalre († 2012)
• Albertus Petrus van Munster, Maastricht
• Edith Snoeij, Rockanje († 1961)
• Julie Marilyn Pactrica TATTON, Winchester, Hampshire, England († 1983)
• Albertus Johannes Maria Schotman († 2012)
• Judy Elaine Barry, Moultrie, Georgia (Colquitt County) († 1994)
• Doodgeboren kind Smits, Hoensbroek († 1949)
• Anthonius Albertus Gomersbach, Utrecht († 2013)
• Catharina, Berendina Draaijer, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)

• Christiaan Jessen (66), Susteren, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Gesina Sipsma (84), Amsterdam
• Adriana Overgaauw (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• dirk cornelisz hoek, noordwijk
• Cornelia Theodora van de Moosdijk (55), Waalre
• Alexander Albertus Maria Povel (73), Amsterdam
• Antonia Maria Catharina Berning (73), Hilversum
• Anna de Vries (56), Arnhem
• Bouke Tacoma (84)
• Anna Petronella Cornelia Brederode (75), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1947 » Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » William Atherton, American actor and producer
• 1948 » Billy Paultz, American basketball player
• 1948 » Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor
• 1948 » Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1948 » Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Duck Baker, American guitarist
• 1949 » Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge
• 1950 » Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1950 » Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician

• 1930 » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1938 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Hugo Celmiņš, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
• 1970 » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 1971 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Blish, American author and critic (b. 1921)
• 1977 » Emory Holloway, American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)

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.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
• 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 July 30, 1949 was between 12.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.