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• Omer Désiré Alfons Baute, Maldegem († 2005)
• SIGRID Elfriede PRIGGE, Piet Retief Suid Afrika († 2001)
• Elizabeth Petronella Else Filius († 2000)
• Catharina Petronella Johanna (Tiny) Langelaan, Schipluiden, 2636, Nederland († 2014)
• Nn Schoots, Nijmegen († 1949)
• Jimmy Braswell, Cowart,Houston,Alabama († 2009)
• Paul Joseph Baggen, Heerlen († 2005)
• Bastiaantje van Zwienen, Krimpen aan de IJssel († 2013)
• linda wilson, bristol,va († 1980)
• Kenneth Joseph Burdis, Gateshead, Durham († 2011)

• Adam van Rijsbergen (78), Hoge en Lage Zwaluwe
• ANDRIES VAN HEUKELOM (67), Hilversum
• Afina Fokkelina Walland (76), Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Andries VAN DIJK (75), Ferwerderadiel Friesland Netherlands
• Balthazar KEEMINK (62), Schiedam (NL)
• Aaron C. Denlinger (78), Fort McKinley, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Daals (54), Culemborg
• Benedictus Rottiers (46), Bornem
• Adriana Kleijsen (70), Kaatsheuvel
• Antje Andries van Dijk (75), Wanswerd, gem. Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1947 » Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
• 1947 » Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
• 1947 » Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
• 1948 » Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
• 1948 » Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1949 » António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1949 » Karl Meiler, German tennis player († 2014)
• 1949 » Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager

• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 » Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1970 » Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)

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.
• May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on April 30, 1949 was between 1.2 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.