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• Denna Marie Smith, Louisiana († 2018)
• Fransje Aerts, Horst Hegelsom NL († 1949)
• Catharina Cornelia Lientje Thedinga, Emmen († 2016)
• van Tilborg, Echt, Limburg, Nederland
• Johanna Geertruida Francisca van der Wal, delft († 1996)
• Johannes Lodewijk Zindel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Jan ten Caat f († 1970)
• Jack LAMBIN, Roubaix,Nord († 2007)
• Mark A Todd Sr ?****, Logansport, Cass, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Mark Allen Todd, Logansport, Cass, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Cornelia Adriana Olsthoorn (80), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana Peppelaar (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Overdijk (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aartje Vorwald (68), Ede, Nederland
• Peeters (0), Haelen
• Berendina Bolink (80), Deventer
• Catharina Hoogland (68), beverwijk
• Berendina Bolink (79), Deventer
• Barbara REUTER (82), Dubuque,Iowa,America
• Anton Willem Van Krieken (48), Medan, Sumatra

• 1947 » Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
• 1947 » Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
• 1947 » Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
• 1947 » Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1947 » Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
• 1947 » Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar
• 1948 » Toby Harrah, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Antonio Carpio, Filipino lawyer and jurist, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 1949 » Kevin Sullivan, American wrestler and booker
• 1949 » Steve Rogers, American baseball player

• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)

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 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

The temperature on October 26, 1949 was between 6.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.