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• Christina Pot († 2006)
• Bert Buikema († 2014)
• Robert William Forker Jr., Zanesville (Muskingum County-Ohio-USA) († 2014)
• Jan David Vanden Berg, (Kent) Michigan († 2006)
• Beverley James Anderson Swan, Morecambe, Lancashire, England († 2010)
• Nienke Freerks Wagenaar, Witveen/Oostermeer († 2010)
• Ulrich Schuffelen († 2007)
• Frederik Rolf Lotter, Batavia († 1949)
• Robert Corneille Kouseband, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Bert KRAAK, Middelburg,Zeeland,NEDERLAND

• Adriaan Stupers (80), Vlijmen
• Aafke van der Land (77)
• Amália Ermelinda Leme Gonçalves (68), Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arendje de Graaff (72), Dennenoord (Zuidlaren)
• Arthur Ottie Grover (67), DeKalb, Illinois, VS
• Betje Dekker (66), Hierden
• Andries de Kievit (69), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Hogetoorn (65), den Haag
• Arendje de Graaff (72), Dennenoord (Zuidlaren)
• Coenradus Petrus PENNOCK (62), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland,NL

• 1947 » Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
• 1947 » Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Duncan Hunter, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician
• 1948 » John Bonham, English musician, songwriter and drummer († 1980)
• 1948 » Martin Hannett, English bass player, guitarist, and record producer († 1991)
• 1948 » Svetlana Alexievich, Belarusian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1949 » Tom Berenger, American actor, film producer and television writer
• 1950 » Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
• 1950 » Gregory Harrison, American actor
• 1950 » Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment

• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

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.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on May 31, 1949 was between 9.5 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.