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• Hendricus Clemens, Lisserbroek († 2011)
• Wum Kwakman († 1953)
• Jan Pieter Maria Lankreijer, Hilversum († 2017)
• Johannes van Loon, Oisterwijk († 1992)
• Dorthea Maxine Sears († 2017)
• Femmie van der Berg, Den Helder († 2008)
• Gijsbertus Maria van der Meer, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Randall J. Schierbeek, Cadillac-Michigan (USA) († 2009)
• Penelope Anne Goodden, St Josephs Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada († 2019)
• N.N. Willemsen, Hengelo (O) († 1949)

• Cornelia Pieters Voogt (87), Naaldwijk
• Cornelis de Roo (89), Renesse (Zee,Nld)
• Cornelia Pietersdr Voogt (87), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Anna Regina Bredschneijder (55), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Berentsen (74), Arnhem
• Adriana PETERS (72), Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa
• Aleida Maria Willemsen (55), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria van der Peet (68), Haarlem
• Antonie Gerhardus Dekker (58), Deventer
• Adriana Smak (47), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1948 » Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
• 1949 » Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman
• 1950 » Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician
• 1950 » Fausto Silva, Brazilian television presenter
• 1950 » Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Richard Ground, English lawyer and judge († 2014)
• 1950 » Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic

• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)

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 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• 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 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on May 2, 1949 was between 2.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.