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• Wilhelmus Johannes Maria ( Willie ) Weijn, Klarenbeek, Nederland († 1993)
• Riekelt de Boer († 2023)
• Rudolf Pieter ten Have, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1998)
• Gerhard PRETORIUS, Sinioa, Rhodesia († 1994)
• Onbekend van der Dennen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1949)
• Wilhelmina Maria van den Berge, Hansweert († 2010)
• Rudy Traxler, Garrett, Indiana († 1991)
• Vrouwelijk Kind Swannet, Herentals, Antwerpen († 1949)
• N van der Dennen, Eindhoven († 1949)
• Levenloos Geboren KOFFEMAN, Velsen, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Antje van der Veen (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Rosier (79), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anthonie Cornelis van Beveren (71), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arabella Hermine Louise Johanna van den Bergh (74), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Maria Denissen (70), Tilburg
• Anne Liekstra (81), Bunne, Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Emons (77), Wanroij (Sint Anthonis), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Boers (92)
• Adrianus van Schooten (91), Voorhout
• Anne Liekstra (80), Bunne, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1947 » Jill Eikenberry, American actress
• 1948 » Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer
• 1948 » Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer († 2016)
• 1949 » Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player
• 1949 » Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam
• 1950 » Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
• 1950 » Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
• 1950 » José Marín, Spanish racewalker
• 1950 » Marion Becker, German javelin thrower

• 1938 » Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
• 1950 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)
• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)
• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)

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. Jacobus
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• 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.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.

The temperature on January 21, 1949 was between 4.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.