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• Adrianus Hubertus Middelkoop, Delft († 1949)
• EARL RAY Hillman, Beloit, Kansas († 1966)
• Dirk Willem Mantel, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Adriana Lucia Maria Akveld, Buitenzorg,JV,ID
• Engelina Martina Maria (Lien) Beijer, Soest, Nederland († 2007)
• Levenloos ten Have, Udenhout († 1949)
• Marianne Kalenkamp, Enter
• Henriëtte Louise Maria Bentinck van Schoonheten, Londen († 2010)
• Henk Egbertsz Vonk, Papendrecht, Nederland († 2017)
• Erdiana, Jamaica, West Indies († 2012)

• Antje Koopmans (74), Wolvega (Westellingwerf. Fr)
• Albertus Van Tergouw (45), Utrecht
• Anniegie Nederveen (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Krabbers (0), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Adriana van Eekeren (80), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Agatha Stam (84), Bloemendaal, NH, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Wielhouwer (65), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Adrianus Johannes van Mastwijk (79), Wassenaar
• Adronie Buyse (80), Borgerhout
• Adrianus DANKERS (78), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1946 » John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
• 1947 » Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1948 » Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic
• 1948 » Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1949 » Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 » Jack Newton, Australian golfer
• 1951 » Bobby Stokes, English footballer († 1995)
• 1951 » Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director
• 1951 » Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

• 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 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• 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.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• 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.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

The temperature on January 30, 1949 was between -0.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.