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• Patrick Albert Yves VANHERSECKE, Guînes(62)... Hauts de France († 2020)
• Rosemarie van Hoogstraten, Grave, 5361, Nederland († 1951)
• Johannes (Jan) Ammama, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 2007)
• Huguette Quintelier, Sint Niklaas, België († 1978)
• wilhelmina maria theodora steegs, helden-dorp
• Margretha Schuurman, Staphorst († 2005)
• Elisabeth llse Gudrun SCHÄPE, Bramsche (Osnabrück) Nedersaksen, Duitsland († 1968)
• Petrus H.C. Schellekens, Gilze en Rijen († 1999)
• Trijntje (Tineke) De Vries, Bolsward († 2019)
• Johannus A M Janssen, Dordrecht, Nederland († 2014)

• Barbera Jacoba Merkens (81), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Have, Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alexander John CRABTREE (48), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Adrian Sr. Merizon (76), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, V.S
• Anna Helena Nooije (83), Haarlem
• Auwktje Klazes Kooistra (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna van der Have (24), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barbara Ann BOOTLE-WILBRAHAM (56)
• Arnoldus van den Braak (86), Breda
• Adrianus Theodrus van Kesteren (72), Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Deidre Hall, American actress
• 1948 » Franco Gasparri, Italian actor († 1999)
• 1948 » Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
• 1949 » Alison Wolf, English economist and academic
• 1949 » Bob Siebenberg, American drummer (Supertramp)
• 1949 » Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat
• 1950 » Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general
• 1950 » Jane Pauley, American journalist
• 1950 » John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)
• 1950 » Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion († 2016)

• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)

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.
• 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.
• February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on October 31, 1949 was between -3.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.