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• Johannes (Jan) Dubbelman, Roosendaal, Nederland († 2006)
• N.N. van der Hulst, Voorhout, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Jan Marinus Boskeljon, Arnhem († 1949)
• Lizette ROOSEN, Neerpelt († 1949)
• Gerard Dirk Steenhuis († 2007)
• Robert Berg, Detroit, Verenigde Staten
• Rinze Leistra († 2023)
• Annie Koks, Baarle-Hertog, België († 1990)
• Johannes Dubbelman, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 2006)
• Steven Wielaard († 1973)

• Auke Hendriks van Dijk (72), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur Thew (88), Tadworth, Surrey, England
• Arend Pieter van Gend (56), Haarlem
• Auke Hendriks van Dijk (72), Leeuwarden
• Adrianus VERBREE (16), Waarder
• Adam Rijnbende (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Smit (70), Grolloo
• Anna Bijleveld (81), Zwolle, Nederland
• Albert MikKelsen MarthMMMSampsonHanh MikKelson (78), Friendship, Adams County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Carel Cornelis Lodewijk Huber (58)

• 1948 » David Davis, English politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1948 » Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, and journalist
• 1948 » Rick Wohlhuter, American runner
• 1949 » Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer († 2012)
• 1950 » Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator
• 1950 » Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician
• 1950 » Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general
• 1950 » Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (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. 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.
• July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on December 23, 1949 was between 1.7 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.