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• Joseph Johannes Antonius Martinus Maria van Kalmthout, 's Gravendeel († 2020)
• Clellan Dee Byers, Weleetka, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, United States († 2015)
• Lijdia Cornelia Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Martine ENGELS, Paris, Île-de-France, France († 2010)
• Pieter van Dam, Monster († 2019)
• Johan Van den Bergh, Antwerpen (B), België († 1991)
• NN Servaes, Straelen, Deutschland
• Naamloos Brama, Noordwijkerhout († 1949)
• Dennis Henri Lang († 1956)
• Franciscus Ludovicus Maria Schelvis, Beverwijk († 2004)

• Aura Cooper (82), Horry, South Carolina, United States
• Anna Wouterina Ruis (72), Rotterdam
• Anna Frederica Maria Koenders (63), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adriana Wilhelmina Prien (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Armand de Kergorlay (66)
• Alida RUHE (80)
• Alberto do Amaral Wolff (57), São Mateus do Sul, Paraná, Brasil
• Anna Maria van der MEER (72), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Johannes Marie Verbruggen (51), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arrie Ira (Aura) Cooper (82), Horry, South Carolina, United States

• 1948 » Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer († 1986)
• 1948 » Robert John "Mutt" Lange, British-South African record producer and songwriter
• 1948 » Vincent Schiavelli, American actor († 2005)
• 1949 » Ismail Petra of Kelantan, former Sultan of Kelantan († 2019)
• 1949 » Kathy Postlewait, American golfer
• 1950 » Jim Peterik, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Mircea Dinescu, Romanian journalist and poet
• 1951 » Fuzzy Zoeller, American golfer
• 1951 » Kim Peek, American megasavant († 2009)
• 1951 » Marc Summers, American television host and producer

• 1939 » Bob Marshall, American author and activist (b. 1901)
• 1940 » Muhittin Akyüz, Turkish general and diplomat (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Munir Ertegun, Turkish diplomat (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Jerome Kern, American composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Minister (b. 1878)
• 1950 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
• 1961 » Behiç Erkin, Turkish colonel and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Ruddy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1965 » Luis Arturo González López Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (b. 1900)

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.
• 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).
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
• 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.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on November 11, 1949 was between 6.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.