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• Chantal LEMAITRE, Saint Pol sur Mer (59430) Frankrijk († 2010)
• Hendrik Jan Aalderink, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• levenloos van der Werf, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Jacob Jan Pieter BRANDS, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Elizabeth Gerrie Lohuis, Hengelo († 2019)
• Helena Maria van der Bijl, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2011)
• Herman van der Veen († 2004)
• Marie Thérèse Becker, Hasselt, België († 1980)
• Hendrik Johannes Brouwer, Lunteren,Gemeente Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Hendrik Johannes Brouwer, Lunteren, Nederland († 2010)

• Aaltje Mulder (81), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Age Jans van Asma (80), Wymbritseradeel
• Aleida Gezina Offerhaus (91), Groningen
• Adriana Putters (63), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Hedzers Heddema (75), Winschoten
• Alida Sophia van Merwe (89), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth THEEUWS (95), Bergeijk, 3314, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Leeuwen (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Wessels (Akke) De Wind (84), Grouw Friesland Nederland
• Anne Josina Charlotte Huydecoper (89)

• 1947 » Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1947 » Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1948 » Dennis Waterman, English actor
• 1948 » Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 2016)
• 1948 » Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1950 » Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1951 » David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 » Derek Randall, English cricketer

• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)

• 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.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• 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.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.

The temperature on February 24, 1949 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.