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• Johanna Maria Varkevisser, Katwijk aan den Rijn († 1954)
• Christian de Charette de la Contrie, Versailles, 78646, France († 1971)
• Jeanine Vanderstukken, Rillaar, België († 2010)
• Susan K. Hicks, Greenville, Darke Co., OH († 2009)
• Mariandel Elisabeth de Beurs, Waubach
• Anna Maria Immerentia Henneman, Beverwijk († 2005)
• Aart Marinus Hendrik Groven, Kerkrade († 1949)
• Dirk Maria van der Hulst, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Nicolaas Johannes Maria Willard, Laren N.H († 2000)
• Stephanus C. J. Willard, Laren N.H († 2023)

• Aart Marinus Hendrik Groven (0), Kerkrade
• Alma Jane Bishop (42)
• Andries Arnold Cobben (65), Heerlen
• Alida van Rijn (83), Sassenheim
• Anna Jacoba Olthoff (58), Groningen
• Alberdina Johanna Albertsd Stam (10), Zee, zwemmen EaZ
• Aaltje Homan (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Ariensz Penning (32), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonia Melissen (74), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amaryllis Rose Whiles Haggard [Wk 4 BthlrdgMBu] "Annie" (78), Science Hill, Pulaski County, Kentucky

• 1947 » Angry Anderson, Australian singer & actor
• 1947 » Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
• 1947 » France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1947 » Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1948 » David Hungate, American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger
• 1948 » Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
• 1948 » Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic
• 1950 » Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician († 2013)
• 1950 » Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician († 2013)

• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)

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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
• 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.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on August 5, 1949 was between 7.2 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.