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• Catharinus Alexander Brandenburg, Bandjermasin (Ind.) († 1949)
• Lyda van Raan, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Jennieva Rozeboom, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2018)
• Andries Imke Weemstra, Meppel († 2021)
• Adriana Francina Georgena Aarnoutse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marinus Piay, Bandung († 2008)
• Wilhelm Pieter Kruijer († 2001)
• Luichje Talens, Anloo, Nederland († 1949)
• Luichje Talens, Eext († 1949)
• Catharinus Alexander Brandenburg, Bandjermasin (Ind) († 1949)

• Cesar Jozef Raman (69), Destelbergen
• Catherine Webb (79), Polk, Missouri, United States
• Adriaan Vermue (70), OOSTBURG(PAYS-BAS)NL
• Cornelis Nipius (63), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke BULTHUIS (99), Groningen
• Bernard Castermans (94), Zutphen (Gld.)
• Dieuwke Baukes Algra (75), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend van der Lelij (76), Rozenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Thedinga (46), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Hogerbrug (71), Rotterdam

• 1947 » Augustin Banyaga, Rwandan-American mathematician and academic
• 1947 » Wendy Overton, American tennis player
• 1948 » Al Gore, American soldier and politician, 45th Vice President of the United States and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 » Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
• 1948 » Gustaaf Van Cauter, Belgian cyclist
• 1948 » Rhea Perlman, American actress
• 1949 » Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 » András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
• 1950 » Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
• 1950 » Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic († 2016)

• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)

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 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on March 31, 1949 was between 2.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.