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• Hans Karel Krijnen, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Eeke (Hendriks) Nijdam, Grouw, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• leo van horen, kronenberg (gem.sevenun) hees 60
• David Mark Slenk, Michigan (State) († 2020)
• Thomas de Haas, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• martina johanna maria (marianne) lormans, helden-panningen († 2022)
• Dallis Faye Solsma, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2021)
• Jan SNOEK († 2022)
• Randall Lynn Dornbos, St. Albans (Kanawha, West Virginia, USA) († 1998)
• Helena Huis, 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)

• ALIDA MARIA CATHERINA BOSCH, Nijmegen, Nederland
• Adriaan Speelman (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta van der Scheer (72), Heerde
• Alberta van der Scheer (72), Heerde, Nederland
• Annie Watt (74), Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States of America
• Clara Liedewijna de Gilde Koppenol (83), Schoonhoven
• Annemarie Rademaker (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Maas (72), Tilburg
• Clément Désiré FAULLE (73), Imphy (58 Nièvre), France
• Catharina Wattel (59), Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL

• 1947 » Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer († 2014)
• 1948 » Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
• 1948 » Dave Kingman, American baseball player
• 1948 » Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1949 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso († 1987)
• 1950 » Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
• 1950 » Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Max Maven, American magician and mentalist
• 1951 » Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager

• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)

• 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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.

The temperature on December 21, 1949 was between -2.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.