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• Marga Lambertha Josepha van Berlo, Eindhoven, Nederland († 1949)
• Donna Dee Hansen, Iowa († 2004)
• Robert Joseph McCain, Barnhart, Jefferson County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Ceel Hartogs († 2006)
• Piet Kroezen, Medemblik († 1949)
• Johannes van de Meeberg, Maassluis († 1949)
• Gerardus Lambertus (Ger) DE ROUW, Groningen (NL/GR) († 2008)
• doodgeboren zoon Raijmaekers, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Pezzani († 1983)
• Frans Wouter Smits († 1949)

• Alphonsius Linthout (89), Aalst
• Alphonsus Johannes Christianus Kramer (53), Haarlem
• Achiel Joannes Steurbaut (45), Welden,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Andries Mol (86), Sleen
• Adriana Elizabeth Haartsen (84), Sluis
• Aafke de Jong (79), ,, Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Marinus van Veldhoven (85), Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Adrianus Heddes (73), Spanbroek Nederland
• Adriana Antonia van Hemert (53), Kerkdriel
• Andries Mol (86), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1948 » Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1949 » Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian († 1984)
• 1949 » Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic († 2003)
• 1949 » Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
• 1949 » Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician († 2014)
• 1949 » Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic
• 1952 » Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1952 » Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer
• 1952 » Tom Deitz, American author († 2009)

• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
• 1936 » Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
• 1951 » Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)

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 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on January 17, 1949 was between 6.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.