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• Frans Eiting, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Johannes Baldé, Pernis-Rt († 2002)
• Anton Adriaan Dijkshoorn, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Albertus DOEVENDANS († 1996)
• Henk Klein, Amersfoort
• Marjan Weijdema, Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1952)
• Jan Molenaar, Edam / Volendam († 2023)
• Cornelia Maria Athanasia Weterings, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Johannes Cornelis van Verseveld, Utrecht († 2013)
• Hubrecht Cornelis Botter, den Helder († 2016)

• Adriana Johanna Maria Schilte (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Sol (76), Bergeijk
• Antje (Anna) Jacobs Porte (79), Naperville, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Kortekaas (75), Alkemade
• Adriana Weststrate (79), Krabbendijke, Nederland
• Alida METSELAAR (60), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Giethoorn (0), Avereest
• Adrianus Johannes Andries Stahli (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Kortekaas (75), Noordwijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Elizabeth Knijff (8), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1947 » Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Inge Bödding, German sprinter
• 1947 » Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
• 1948 » Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
• 1949 » Dave Greenfield, English musician († 2020)
• 1949 » Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
• 1949 » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer († 2007)
• 1949 » Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
• 1951 » William Clarke, American harmonica player († 1996)

• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• 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.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on March 29, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.