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• Diderick Frey, "Dick" Dreyer, Thabazimbi, Transvaal, South Africa († 1980)
• Gisele Penninck († 2010)
• Johanna Petronella Gerarda Maria van Hemmen, Ravenstein
• theodora hubertina hermina (thea) wijnen, helden-beringe
• William Helsloot, Surabaia (Indonesië) († 2020)
• Jolanda Carlan Lindhout, Tandjong Selor, Borneo (Nederlands Indië) († 2009)
• Nancy Diane STOCK, Elkhart († 1949)
• Gijsbert Jacob Euser († 2003)
• Albert Jan Gritter, Beilen († 2008)
• Jerry Gerald FRITZPATRICK, Terre Haute Illinois (USA) († 2009)

• Antje ten Have (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adelia Van Horenbeeck (68), Rijmenam
• Carolina Maria Roof (66), Amsterdam
• Aleida Magrietha Meester (79), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Magrietha Meester (78), Elburg
• Aleida Margrietha Meester (78), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina van Heeswijk (80), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
• Bertha Siemons (68), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus van der Donk (69), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Casper Sudmeijer (47), Hilversum

• 1946 » Danny Glover, American actor, director, and producer
• 1947 » Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1947 » Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
• 1948 » S. E. Hinton, American author
• 1949 » Alan Menken, American pianist and composer
• 1949 » Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer
• 1951 » J. V. Cain, American football player († 1979)
• 1951 » Patriarch Daniel of Romania
• 1951 » Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer

• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)
• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)

• 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.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.

The temperature on July 22, 1949 was between 14.5 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.