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• Coumans, Stein
• Jetty SEGERS, Rotem,3650,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2018)
• Alois Clara Spiessens, Willebroek († 1993)
• Loretta Jean Penfold, Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah († 2001)
• NN Haselhoff, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1949)
• Kathleen A Misher († 1994)
• Pieter Scheltens, Vries († 1960)
• Guido Van Canneyt, Wervik West-Vlaanderen († 1984)
• Imre Csányi, Szeged, Magyarország († 1997)
• Harry VAN DER KOOI († 2020)

• Adriana Hillena Hilkhuizen (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda van Beek (85), Hoogland
• Alderina Zweep (78), Finsterwolde
• Apolonia Helena Catharina van HOUTEN (57), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Ouwens (85), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Theresia Anna Johanna Maria Heere (60), Raamsdonkveer
• Apolonia Helena Catharina van Houten (57), Heemstede
• Anne "Annie" Quinn (83), Derrylaghan, Coalisland, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Alijda Van Beek (85), Hoogland
• Alderina Zweep (79), Finsterwolde

• 1947 » Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician, European Commissioner for Trade
• 1947 » Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies
• 1947 » Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1947 » Tom DeLay, American lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Barbara Young, Baroness Young of Old Scone, Scottish academic and politician
• 1949 » Brenda Russell, African-American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1949 » John Madden, English director and producer
• 1949 » John Scott, English sociologist and academic
• 1949 » K. C. Kamalasabayson, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 39th Attorney General of Sri Lanka († 2007)
• 1950 » Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach

• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (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. 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.
• 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.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

The temperature on April 8, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.