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• Luc Emile Madeleine Marie Schutijser, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2017)
• Reina van der Meulen († 2014)
• Cor Olde Monnickhoff, Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 2006)
• Boy Kuipers, Almelo († 1969)
• Hélène Baudry, Bruay sur L'Escaut, 59860, France († 1969)
• Hermanus Hoeve, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 2011)
• Godefridus de Wolf, Tilburg († 2014)
• Anna Gertruda Maria van Rooij, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• John Walton ROYLANCE, Payson,Utah County,Utah,Verenigde Staten († 1961)
• Beatrix Dorothy van der Puyl, Bandoeng, West-Java († 2016)

• Alida Petronella OSINGA (78), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Alexander Velleman (80), East Ham (UK)
• Antje van Diggele (78), 's-Gravenhage
• antoinette,rose HERONNEAUX (69), la rochelle(17)
• Alberdina Boerhof (82), Olst
• Aleida Gezina Zweepe (1), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Helena Elisabeth Ulenaers (82), Hechtel
• Antoinetta Josephina Kokkelkorn (51), Naarden
• de Boer (91)
• Maria van der Marel (80), 's-Gravenzande

• 1947 » Matt Minglewood, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1948 » Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
• 1948 » Volkmar Groß, German footballer († 2014)
• 1949 » Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and journalist
• 1949 » Ken Wilber, American sociologist, philosopher, and author
• 1949 » Norris Church Mailer, American model and educator († 2010)
• 1950 » Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard
• 1950 » Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Janice Rebibo, American-Israeli author and poet († 2015)

• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

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.
• January 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• 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.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on January 31, 1949 was between 1.4 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.