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• Philip Corvino, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Franciscus Crisjaan Maria Achterbosch, Ter Apel († 1964)
• Levenloos Geboren Hieltjes, Arnhem, GLD, Nederland († 1949)
• NN Sullot, Kerkrade († 1949)
• Johannes van der Neut, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maarten Arie Stolk, Vlaardingen Z.H († 1949)
• Gilles Oswald Fernand BAZARD-ANDRIEU, (Pierrepont-sur-Avre) Trois-Rivières, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France († 2008)
• Willem Jacob van Dijk, Katwijk († 2015)
• Pierre Joseph Jungmann, Frankrijk († 2010)
• Jerry Keith Chisolm, Panama Canal Zone, Panama († 2005)

• Cornelis Barlo (78), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Lucia Leenders (53), Wolder, Oud-Vroenhoven, Maastricht
• Adriana Malipaard (72), alkmaar (noord holland)
• Cornelis Bernardus Thonissen (61), Nijmegen
• Catharina Helena IJssennagger (76), Amsterdam
• Arie Quint (85)
• Charles Wesley Raymond (79)
• Cornelis Gorter (78), Zaandam
• Adriana Malipaard (72), Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Pijl (100), Amsterdam

• 1945 » Bobby Tolan, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 » Hans Monderman, Dutch engineer († 2008)
• 1947 » Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1947 » Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 » Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician
• 1949 » Ahmad Rashād, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 » Raymond Blanc, French chef and author
• 1950 » Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player
• 1951 » Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1953 » Robert Beltran, American actor

• 1938 » Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
• 1943 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
• 1949 » James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
• 1954 » Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (b. 1903)
• 1959 » Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)

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 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• 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 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on November 19, 1949 was between 1.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.