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• Doodgeboren Masselink, Almelo († 1949)
• Jan Gerrit Hoekstra, Springs, Gauteng, South Africa († 2010)
• Johanna Cornelia SPRONK, Hoensbroek († 2018)
• Willem Jan Nicolaas Maria Severijns, Ravels (België) († 1990)
• Pieter Kuiper († 2003)
• van Schalkwijk, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1949)
• Dwayne Wassink, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1950)
• Cornelia (Lia) Adriana Gerarda Monique van Vliet, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Robert T Dalsgard († 2016)
• Aurino Rech, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1975)

• Aaltje Schilder (75), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Brinkhuis (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriaan Jobse (87), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Catharina Petronilla Smeulders (68), Tilburg
• Anna Marie Beach (91), Chicago (Cook), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Maria Magdalena Grooteman (0), Obdam
• Aaltje Schilder (75), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Angenieta De JONG (76), Scheveningen
• Arie de Boer (74), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• arie BRAAT (50), hekelingen

• 1947 » Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman († 2008)
• 1948 » Henny Vrienten, Dutch singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » James Munby, English lawyer and judge
• 1948 » Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
• 1949 » André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 » Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress
• 1949 » Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor († 2010)
• 1949 » Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator
• 1949 » Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1950 » Simon Jones, English actor

• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)

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 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
• October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on July 27, 1949 was between 11.4 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.