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• Ria Kouws, Groesbeek († 1972)
• Annelouise Constanse Breuning, Leiden († 1994)
• Eduward Cornelis Manders 12AMG, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia († 2010)
• Jos Beerse, Alkmaar († 1949)
• Maria Hendrika Foppen, Harderwijk († 1949)
• Jozef Eijkenboom († 1974)
• Scott Raymond Bowers, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2006)
• Jo de Haas, Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Evertje Johanna Petronella Koudijs, Barneveld († 2009)
• Léonard Jehoul, Opheers, België († 2022)

• Bernardina Augusta Maria MENTINK (53), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Brok (77), Vught
• Bertha Floretta Dederick (73)
• Antje JANSEN (69), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Maarten de Jong (14), Naaldwijk
• Anna Maria Greta Spekken (48), Grootebroek
• Adrianus Jan Barendregt (57), Beemster
• Albertje Kol (69), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna MAGY (59), Frameries
• Bartel Thonus Boot (49), Noordgouwe, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1946 » Douglas B. Green, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » John Boswell, American historian, philologist, and academic († 1994)
• 1948 » Bobby Orr, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » John de Lancie, American actor
• 1948 » Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer-songwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1949 » Marcia Ball, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 » Richard Dowden, English journalist and educator
• 1950 » Carl Palmer, English drummer, percussionist, and songwriter
• 1950 » William Hurt, American actor
• 1951 » Jimmie Vaughan, American blues-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)

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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

The temperature on March 20, 1949 was between -3.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.