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• Anne Hoekstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrik Klaassen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Leunis Daniel van Klinken, Nieuwerkerk († 1953)
• Willy Houbrechts, Hasselt, Limburg, België († 2021)
• Elisabeth (Betsy) van Vlaenderen, Terneuzen, Nederland († 2019)
• Lena Nuyttens, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1952)
• Elise Somers, Handel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Ineke van Mensvoort, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Maria (Hans) Hoek, Veenhuizen, Dr, Nederland († 1965)
• Nicolaas Johannes Cornelis van Dijk, Den Haag († 1997)

• Anna Alida Helena TIEKSTRA (73), Rotterdam
• Anna Swiatkowski (33), Kirchlengerm
• Anna Carolina van der Ven (29), Vught
• Charlotte Adaline Brock (60)
• Anna Marretje van Klaveren (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Waal (72), Bergschenhoek, Lansingerland, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Swiatkowski (33), Kirchlengern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Bertus van der Lugt (67), Schiedam (Schiedam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria elisabeth Uijtendaal, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Nederland
• Annie M Dunbar ** (89)

• 1947 » Lydia Davis, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist
• 1947 » Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter († 2013)
• 1948 » Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1948 » Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
• 1948 » Twinkle, English singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1949 » Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1949 » Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1950 » Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post)
• 1950 » Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia

• 1940 » Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and physician (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Robert Wadlow, American giant, 8"11' 271 cm (b.1918)
• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1948 » John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
• 1957 » James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)

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.
• January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on July 15, 1949 was between 13.5 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 13.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.