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• Aafje Dangermond, Enkhuizen († 1993)
• Jurry Bobby Tromp, Surabaja († 2007)
• Jan Ploeg, Assendelft († 2009)
• (Annie) Johanna Grada Hendrika Zegers, Driel
• Jan Dallinga, Tjuchem, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Levenloos van Mierlo, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Hendrica Wilhelmina Francisca Mulder, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Aukje Hendrikje Geertje van der Kooi, Amsterdam († 1949)
• Henk Grotens († 2003)
• Piet Kruit († 1996)

• Aletta Josina Cornelia QUINTUS (72), Wassenaar Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia van Loenen (75), Naarden
• Aaltje Dolstra (88), Haarlem
• Anna Kaatje van Bochove (84), Rotterdam
• Anthonia Johanna Prins (81), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Simons (73), Gennep (L), Nederland
• Achiel Fermans (66), Amstenrade Limburg (NL)
• Benedictus Auguste van Hoek (71), Eindhoven
• Anna Alida van de Buld (91), Leiden
• Antje Roggen (63), Amsterdam

• 1944 » Joy Williams, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1944 » Mike Oxley, American lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1946 » Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1947 » Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese engineer and politician and Prime Minister of Japan
• 1951 » Mike Leavitt, American politician, 14th Governor of Utah
• 1953 » Jeb Bush, American banker, politician and Governor of Florida
• 1953 » Philip Anglim, American actor
• 1953 » Tom Veryzer, American baseball player († 2014)
• 1954 » Wesley Strick, American director and screenwriter

• 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
• 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
• 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1949 » Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)
• 1958 » Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1963 » John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)

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.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on February 11, 1949 was between -2.3 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.