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• Maria Antonia Gaarenstroom, Baarn († 1965)
• Saartje SCHOUTEN, Kerkdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth Maria Visscher († 1994)
• levenloos van de Poorter, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Levenloos geboren kind Schrier, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• N.N. (levenloos) Schrier, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1949)
• Helena Geertruida Wolters († 2012)
• Daniel Wiebes Kloetstra
• Gisela Reisinger, Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany († 2007)
• Johannes Latjes, Den Helder († 1975)

• Antonia Geertruida Donkers (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albrecht Karel Werner Graaf van Schulenburg (77), Noer, Sleeswijk-Holstein
• Vijge (72), Delden
• Anna Maria Dam (81), Zevenbergen
• Antje de Jong (79), Hemrik, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Eleveld (84), Haren
• Alexander Todd ?**** (62), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Klazina Schellingerhout (70), Leiden, Nederland
• Abraham ter Beek (55), Hengelo
• Adrianus Marinus Nelemans (62), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright († 1985)
• 1948 » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician († 2002)
• 1948 » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Barry Lloyd, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1949 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer († 1998)
• 1949 » Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1949 » William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (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. 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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

The temperature on February 19, 1949 was between 0.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.