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• NN Hoekstra, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1949)
• Chantal Baudouin Marie DUMONT DE CHASSART, Tavaux-et-Pontséricourt Aisne France († 2017)
• Cornelia Elise Adriaantje Wiegand, Nijmegen († 1949)
• Johannes (Jan) Kluessien, Volendam († 2016)
• Donna Elaine Whelan, Graceville, Big Stone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Klaas Kapitein, Urk († 1967)
• Klaas KAPTEIJN, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1967)
• Barbara Jane Cronin, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America († 2014)
• Darrell John BURR, Ringarooma, Tasmania, Australia († 2020)
• Michel Raphäel Claude Coetsier

• Aartje Donker (79), Culemborg
• Bernardus Johannes Ducro (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan 't Hart (67), Rhenen,Utrecht,Nederland
• Cornelis KRAAYENBRINK (60), Madison (US/SD)
• Berendina (Berdina) Hermans (60), Rheden, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Marie Nagtegaal (80), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Hendrik van Eijbergen (71), Werkendam,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice de Oliveira Bastos (74), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Cornelis Kooiman (60), Wilnis, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje Donker (79), Culemborg

• 1947 » Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 » Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
• 1948 » Margaret Urban Walker, American philosopher
• 1948 » Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1949 » Keith Carradine, American actor
• 1949 » Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver († 2009)
• 1950 » Ken Kutaragi, Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
• 1950 » Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
• 1951 » Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer

• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
• 1947 » Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (b. 1902)
• 1965 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1916)

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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

The temperature on August 8, 1949 was between 11.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.