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• Jan Pouwels, Meppel († 1954)
• Johan Paskal Beaujean, Rotterdam († 2017)
• Lawrence E Cooperider, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Cor Oskam, Den Helder († 2009)
• Leida Gerredina Visser, Nederland († 2011)
• Hendricus Gerardus van HEEL, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jannetje Lubberta van Bijsteren, Harderwijk († 2009)
• Frans Van den Eede, Moorsel († 2009)
• Gerard Cornelis Groeneveld, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Cor Oskam († 2009)

• Albertina Walstijn (63), Utrecht
• Antonie Alberts (80), Zutphen
• Berendina Gerdina Klasina van Essen (38), LIENDEN (Buren), GD, NL
• Christianus Franciscus van Zundert (65), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Aimée Marie Rosalie PÊTRE (88)
• Artje Douwes Statema (76)
• Adriana Johanna Overeijnder (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Annechien Hensens (81), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Frederika Brussen (70), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Clara Pigg (66)

• 1946 » Doc Bundy, American race car driver and technician
• 1947 » Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer († 2017)
• 1947 » Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician
• 1948 » Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator
• 1948 » Ros Kelly, Australian educator and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
• 1949 » John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic
• 1949 » Paul Nurse, English geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 » Gloria Naylor, American novelist († 2016)
• 1951 » Steve Prefontaine, American runner († 1975)
• 1952 » Peter Tatchell, Australian-English journalist and activist

• 1939 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
• 1957 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1958 » Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (b. 1908)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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.
• February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• 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.
• December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on January 25, 1949 was between -0.4 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.