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• Cornelia Schuur, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• N.N. (levenloos) Schrier, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• Jacoba Maria Gerarda van Duyn, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Daniel Wiebes Kloetstra
• Peter Paul Wintgens, Kerkrade († 1976)
• Maria Antonia Jozefina Engels, Swolgen, Nederland († 2012)
• Minke Anna Greta Ritsma, Arnhem († 1954)
• Keimpe Jacob Jans Visser, Molenend, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• levenloos van de Poorter, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Maria Antonia Gaarenstroom, Baarn († 1965)

• Agatha Anna Catharina van Velzen (77), Doorn
• Abraham ter Beek (55), Hengelo
• Antje Hoekes de Jong (79), Hemrik
• Antonia Geertruida Donkers (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• An(t)je Beukema (94)
• Adrianus Petrus Johannes OOMEN (83), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Klazina Schellingerhout (70), Leiden, Nederland
• Anna Verbruggen (75), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dam (81), Zevenbergen
• Anna van de Waerdt (65), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1947 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright († 1985)
• 1948 » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician († 2002)
• 1948 » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Barry Lloyd, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1949 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer († 1998)
• 1949 » Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1949 » William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)

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 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• 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 February 19, 1949 was between 0.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.