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• N.N. van Cappellen, Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Henri Cornelis Johannes van den Burg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Willemina Cremer, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Joseph J Daily, Fishtown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Cornelis van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Maxime Jacques Christian Marie VINCKENBOSCH, Schaerbeek, 21015, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2008)
• Woutje Wouters, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Rein DRIESSEN, Hong Kong, HongKong († 2013)
• Hendrika Hermina Vriezekolk, Zutphen († 1950)
• Catharina Wilhelmina Maria Lammers-, Noordwijkerhout, Nederland († 1950)

• Anna Maria Gilsing (71), Tilburg
• Adriana Langhorst (85), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Petter (73), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie van Gageldonk (63), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Kup (80), Oosterbeek, Renkum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albert van Oosten (82), Meppel
• Adriana Man in 't Veld (82), Oudenhoorn
• Alvin M. Ulrich (42), Hopeland, Lancaster County, PA
• Arie van der Toorn (80), Scheveningen
• Antonie van GAGELDONK (63)

• 1946 » Benny Mardones, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Marina Warner, English author and academic
• 1947 » Robert David Hall, American actor, singer, and pianist
• 1948 » Bille August, Danish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Jane Humphries, English economist, historian, and academic
• 1948 » Joe Bouchard, American bass player and songwriter
• 1948 » Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1948 » Michel Pagliaro, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs († 2013)
• 1951 » Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor

• 1942 » Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1952 » Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1953 » Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)

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.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• 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.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
• October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.

The temperature on November 9, 1949 was between -0.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.