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• Johannes Hermanus Eckhardt, Den Haag († 2007)
• Derek William Evers, Cherryville, Crawford, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Egbert Hendriks Mondria, Vollenhove, Nederland († 2017)
• Franciscus MAAS, Den Bosch († 2004)
• Willy Voogt († 1950)
• Franciscus Maria Maas, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 2004)
• Ad Broekmans († 1989)
• NN Janssen, Ochten
• Annemarie Rademaker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1949)
• Gloria Joy Beltman, Sheldon, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2006)

• Alexander Eduard Hubert van Hövell van Westervlier en Weezeveld (baron) (60), Deventer
• Alida Hendrika de Hoog (76), Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertina Henrietta Nicolia Maria Schermer Voest (77)
• Barendinus van Tussenbroek (80), Varik
• Alexander Eduard Hubert van Hövell van Westervlier &W. (60), Deventer
• Alexander Eduard Hubert baron van Hövell tot Westervlier en Weezeveld (60), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Aaltje Willemina van Toledo (78), Kalamazoo, Michigan, VS
• Adrianus Johannes Landzaad (1), Delft
• Arie Deijs (79), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Nieuwenhuijsen (76), Dongen

• 1947 » Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
• 1948 » Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager
• 1948 » Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor († 2013)
• 1948 » Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1949 » David Perdue, American politician
• 1949 » Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
• 1950 » John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas
• 1950 » Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
• 1951 » Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host

• 1941 » Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1944 » John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
• 1945 » Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913)
• 1946 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)

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.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

The temperature on December 10, 1949 was between -3.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.