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• Born († 1998)
• Johanna Adriana Hollander, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1997)
• Aartje Schouls († 1987)
• Wiepkje Tettes Wiersma († 2000)
• cornelia reek, Oudkarspel († 2007)
• Cornelis Koopman, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Jacob Govert Scheele († 1983)
• Arthur McClay Wallace, Winnebago, Faribault, Minnesota, United States († 1982)
• Pascal Maurice Martin Raman, Gent († 2021)
• André Hermans, Neerpelt (B) († 1982)

• Albert Botter (45), Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Antonius Heinricus Johannes Peek (69), Voorburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Seggers (59), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Apeldoorn (76), Akersloot
• Aartje van den Hof (79), Bennebroek, Nederland
• Anje Klein (79), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Christina Noest (70), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Noest (70), Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Wilhelmina Koopman (45), Hoorn
• Andries Hubertus Willems (66), Lottum

• 1947 » Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director
• 1947 » Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1948 » Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano
• 1949 » Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1949 » Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
• 1949 » Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
• 1949 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model († 1973)
• 1950 » Jane Carr, English actress
• 1950 » Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager

• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)

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 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

The temperature on August 13, 1949 was between 4.3 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.