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• Donald George BOERSMA, Chicago Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 1965)
• Robert Charles Fye, Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania († 1949)
• Marianne Ursula Baier, Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Hessen, Deutschland († 1949)
• John Siert van der Woude, Utrecht († 2013)
• Paula McKowen, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• June Lynette Croswell († 1951)
• Andreé Mathot, Luik († 2012)
• Kenneth L Bouma, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 1993)
• Willem Zwiep, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2013)
• Kristien DIELTIENS, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1973)

• Anna Maria Roggeveen (76), Haarlem
• Bastiana Helena Visser (58), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Louwes Poelstra (68), Hoogkerk
• Anne Jans Walta (63), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bannink (77), Deventer
• Barteld Bouwmeester (71), Enschede
• Anna Cornelia Jansen (91), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Marie Roggeveen (76), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Maria Lauret (88), IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bartje Schuitmaker (72), Gemeente Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
• 1948 » Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright
• 1948 » Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
• 1948 » Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral
• 1949 » Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist († 2011)
• 1949 » Frank Doran, Scottish lawyer and politician († 2017)
• 1949 » Len Cook, New Zealand-English mathematician and statistician
• 1949 » Ricardo Zunino, Argentinian racing driver
• 1950 » Ron Perlman, American actor
• 1950 » Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league player and coach

• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)

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.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

The temperature on April 13, 1949 was between 7.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.