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• Johanna Elisabeth de Buijzer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Antonius Nicolaas Maria Tadema, Nijmegen († 1949)
• Johanna Elisabeth de Buijzer, Amsterdam († 1956)
• Eugène LEPERLIER, Saint-Pierre,97432,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1950)
• Theo Johannes van Dijk, Blaricum († 2013)
• Dick Kalf († 1994)
• Gerardus Wilhelmus Hebben, Kessel († 2008)
• Jo v.d.Wielen († 2009)
• van Aken, Geertruidenberg († 2023)
• naamloos Stokman, Nieuwveen († 1949)

• Antonie Heiligers (81), Zevenbergen
• Amelia Szymanski (59), Michigan, United States
• Adrianus Wartenberg (62), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Stevens (78)
• Aartje van Tuijl (84), Ottoland
• Anna Wilhelmina Stout (93), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje de Vries (67), Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Krumpholtz (68), Michigan
• Aaltje HORST (65), Enschede, 5072, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arthur Romain SEGERS (70), Lille,59000,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE

• 1947 » Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy, English academic and politician
• 1948 » Ants Laaneots, Estonian general
• 1948 » Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
• 1948 » John Carpenter, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer
• 1948 » Ruth Reichl, American journalist and critic
• 1949 » Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1949 » Anne F. Beiler, American businesswoman, founded Auntie Anne's
• 1949 » R. F. Foster, Irish historian and academic
• 1950 » Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1950 » Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer († 2010)

• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Carole Lombard, American actress and comedian (b. 1908)
• 1942 » Ernst Scheller, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (b. 1850)
• 1942 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English general and politician, 16th Governor General of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Arturo Toscanini, Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Arthur Darby, English rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Max Schöne, German swimmer (b. 1880)

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.
• May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on January 16, 1949 was between 3.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.