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• Aldert Trommel, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Beverly Jo-Elaine Lambson, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Hendrica Clemence Maria de Groot, Voorhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Doodgeboren Kind van den Heuvel, Arnhem († 1949)
• Agnes Coletta Clara Beatrix Mostermans, Eindhoven († 1950)
• Walterus Leonardus Maria Sneijers, Raamsdonksveer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Harbert ten Have († 2020)
• Brian Kent Maxwell, Coalville, Summit County, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Ad van Venrooij († 2017)
• John Raymond Horn, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania († 2004)

• Alida Johanna Warmerdam (17), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Theunissen (47), Heerlen
• Antje Groeneveld (78), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Janssen (80), Meerssen
• Auguste Anthoine Hubert Oudshoorn, Blaricum
• Anton ANDRIESSEN (52), Arnhem
• Anna Catharina Verheijen (69), Alphen en Riel
• Arij Biesheuvel (67), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna Maria Kenens (51), Rotterdam
• Antonius Cornelis van der Krogt (74), Eys, LB, Nederland

• 1947 » Alexei Ulanov, Russian figure skater
• 1947 » Ali Özgentürk, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Jerry Fleck, American actor, director, and production manager († 2003)
• 1947 » Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1948 » Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer († 2014)
• 1948 » Amadou Toumani Touré, Malian soldier and politician, President of Mali
• 1949 » Garo Aida, Japanese photographer and author
• 1950 » Charles Frazier, American novelist
• 1950 » Markie Post, American actress
• 1950 » Nik Powell, English businessman, co-founded Virgin Group

• 1940 » Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (b. 1867)
• 1955 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)

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.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on November 4, 1949 was between -2.8 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.