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• Wijnand Caroline Calixtus Sijben, Hoensbroek, Nederland († 1994)
• Martina Nolda Maria van den Helm, Oss († 1949)
• Johanna Maria Josepha de Cock, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• Linda Marie Bozzi, Staten Island, New York († 2004)
• Maria-Louise Heijdemann, DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Johanna Adriana Francisca Bevers, Vught († 2002)
• NN Melgert, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Jos A. M. Schroyen, Heers, België († 2014)
• Geertruida Elisabeth de Kruijk, Utrecht († 1951)
• Hendrikus Wilhelmus Maria Hofs, Angeren († 2007)

• Carolina Fredrika Fellman (82), Zeist
• Anna Maria Elizabeth Kolenberg (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Theodora van Boven (51), 's-Gravenhage
• Antoinetta Sophia van Zelm (72), Breda, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Eulalia Maria CLINCKEMAILLIE (78), Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Adriaan Rens (69), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Frederika Petersen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje v.d. Berg (63), Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
• Caroline Fairhurst (71), Lancashire, England
• Alje Olthof (6), Groningen

• 1946 » Levon Ananyan, Armenian journalist and author († 2013)
• 1947 » Joe Dolce, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician, Qawwal & World Music artist († 1997)
• 1949 » Patrick Nève, Belgian race car driver († 2017)
• 1949 » Tom Mees, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1950 » Annegret Richter, German sprinter
• 1950 » Mollie Katzen, American chef and author
• 1950 » Simon Nicol, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 » Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic

• 1930 » T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)

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 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
• 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 October 13, 1949 was between 6.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.