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• Karl Heinz Alberding († 1979)
• Jacobus Johannes Schouten, Amsterdam
• Simon Junior VAN DEN BOOMGAARD, Goes,Zeeland,NEDERLAND († 2017)
• Jannie JAGER, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Jannie Jager († 2004)
• Christianus Petrus Lucia VAN THIEL, Beek en Donk († 1950)
• Carla Victoria Snelleman, St.Jansteen ZL († 2013)
• Kerstin Jacoba (Kitty) Troost, Nijmegen
• Johannes Hermannus Thomas Maria (Jan) Schabbink, Hertme († 2021)
• Elisabeth Johanna MEYER, Emmen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND († 2015)

• Amelia Margaretha JANSEN, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Annie B. Cluts (81), Taneytown (Carroll County) (Maryland)
• Anna Maria Wortel (79), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Zanden (61), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Schierbeek (74), Velsen
• Anna Bradshaw (77), Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
• Antonie VERMEULEN (77), Culemborg
• Binne Sikma (62), Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Geschiere (69), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Baukje Bos (71), Amsterdam

• 1946 » Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1947 » Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1998)
• 1947 » David Tanner, English rower and coach
• 1947 » Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
• 1947 » Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist († 2012)
• 1947 » Ted Danson, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager († 1998)
• 1948 » Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1949 » David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach († 2008)
• 1951 » Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)

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.
• January 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.

The temperature on December 29, 1949 was between 3.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.