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• Georg Sulmann+ Barger Compascuum, Barger Compascuum Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Isodorus Hendrikus Maria Hebben, Kessel († 1950)
• Doodgeboren kind van Loon, Tilburg († 1949)
• Johannes Adrianus (Hans) de Wit, Gouda
• Marrigje Jansje Bosch, Zuidlaren († 2003)
• Hermanus Adrianus Lambertus Maria van den Dungen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Hendrik "Henk" van Beelen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Isedorus Henricus Maria Hebben, Maasbree († 1950)
• Gerben Wijngaarden, Den Helder († 2006)
• Joellyn Marie Eardley

• Bartina Maria de Kruijter (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Bernardus Antonius Verhagen (69), Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Berendina Metze (77), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Lucia Koumans (60), Oosterhout
• Bartley Cromley (79), Pottsgrove, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania
• Achiel Hendrik Van Damme (52), Belsele,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Antonie Pieter Nannes (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegje Wapstra (78), Noordwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina BOX (79), Valmeer, 3770, Riemst, Limburg, België
• Adriana Gerardina van Iersel (74), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1947 » Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1948 » Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1948 » Kate Bornstein, American author, playwright, performance artist, and gender theorist
• 1948 » Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
• 1948 » Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
• 1949 » Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1949 » Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
• 1950 » Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania († 2004)
• 1950 » Jim Simons, American golfer († 2005)
• 1951 » Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter († 2014)

• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 » William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 » Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 » Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)
• 1963 » John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)

• 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.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.

The temperature on May 15, 1949 was between 5.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.