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• Jannetje Duijndam, Katwijk († 2007)
• Piet Jobse, Middelburg († 2009)
• Nicole Elisabeth Ceulemans, Antwerpen
• Teunis Poot, De Lier († 1971)
• Lukas van Embden († 2016)
• Johan (2) Marchand, Blankenberge († 1949)
• Marie-Christine Vercauteren, Eeklo
• N.n. Uijtdewilligen, Bergen op Zoom († 1949)
• Nelly Simonides († 2014)
• Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Antoine Kuijs, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)

• Adriana van den Berg (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonius VAN BEZOUW (89), Gilze Rijen,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Adam-Ferdinand de Schall-Riaucour (65)
• Ras (0)
• Anthonia Wilhelmina Broeders (84), Vught
• Adriana van den Berg (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Driessen (22), Langga, Pajong, Indonesia
• Alida Anna Muller (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Brouwer (74), Loon op Zand
• Antonius van Bezouw (89), Gilze-Rijen

• 1947 » Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
• 1947 » Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1947 » Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 » Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Bruce Cutler, American lawyer
• 1950 » Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
• 1950 » Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist († 2013)
• 1950 » Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
• 1951 » Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver († 2001)
• 1951 » Rick Burleson, American baseball player

• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)

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.
• January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• 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.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on April 29, 1949 was between 2.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.