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• NN van der Aart, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Evert van de Steeg, Uddel (Apeldoorn) († 2001)
• Richard Edward Smith, Bristol, VA, United States († 2011)
• Alfredo José de Oliveira Carvalho, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2010)
• Lambertus Willard, Laren N.H († 2011)
• Johannes Matheus Cornelis Maria Kerklaan, Naaldwijk († 1949)
• nn smets, venlo († 1949)
• Boudewijn VAN EEGHEM, Brugge,8000,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 2006)
• Arendje van der Lugt, Velsen († 2018)
• Willemina Aleida Kleinhesselink, Dinxperlo, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)

• Bernadus Willem Heusinkveld (84), Varsseveld
• Bastianus Lakerveld (71), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Grinsven (75), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Paling (82), Ede
• Aaltje Prijs (77), Almelo
• Andries van Wallenburg (77), Goes, Zeeland, NL
• Anthonie van Londen (62), Utrecht
• Antonia Jansen (76), Heemstede
• Adrianus Panhuizen (74), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonetta Dina Bartelse (87), Dordrecht

• 1947 » Clifton Snider, American author, poet, and critic
• 1947 » Jennifer Warnes, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1948 » Snowy White, English guitarist
• 1949 » Bonnie J. Dunbar, American engineer, academic, and astronaut
• 1949 » Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player († 2011)
• 1949 » Ron Chernow, American historian, journalist, and author
• 1950 » Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
• 1951 » Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
• 1952 » Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer († 2008)

• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)

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.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on March 3, 1949 was between -3.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.