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• Johannes Petrus Maria (Jan) Groenewegen († 2020)
• Anny Bervaes, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 2009)
• Nelly Kuenen, Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Nelleke van der Haven († 2000)
• Sheila Margaret McCaughey, Downend, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, England († 1967)
• Nelleke Van Der Haven († 2000)
• Johannes Cornelis Rikkers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Ad de Jong, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
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• Johannes Peter Frans Geens, Lommel († 2007)

• Adrianus Hordijk (69), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• aart de KLERK (76), zuid-beijerland
• Mac Gillavry (70), Nunspeet, Nederland
• Aaltje KLEINLUGTENBELD (70), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Lanser (45), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Amy Virginia Beaumont (90)
• Anna Catharina Johanna (Ennie) Huijts (0), Heerlerheide, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aleida Theresia IJsseldijk (51), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Johanna Baaij (78), Bunde,, Limburg, Nederland
• Ludovicus Wilhelmus Adrianus Veerman (84), Winterswijk

• 1947 » Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
• 1947 » David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 1947 » Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Grace Jones, Jamaican-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1949 » Archie Manning, American football player
• 1949 » Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1949 » Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath, English politician
• 1950 » Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter († 1998)
• 1951 » Dick Slater, American wrestler
• 1951 » Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter († 2001)

• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)

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 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

The temperature on May 19, 1949 was between 4.5 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.