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• Willebrordus Jozef (Wim) Oudejans, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Jacobus - Lesley - Maria Bogaard († 1952)
• Hendrik Pieter Willemse, St.Laurens († 2021)
• Piet Schalken, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Larry Gene Porter, Indiana († 1949)
• Bennie Wolters Westhuis, Heetveld, Ambt Vollenhove († 1994)
• Patricia Gail Powell, Northam, Western Australia,AU († 1968)
• Berend Westhuis († 1994)
• Karel Anton Johan Jonker, Amsterdam
• Guus Keuker, Laren (N.H.)

• Eelktje FRANSSENS (79), Bedum Groningen Netherlands
• Alida Zwart, Velsen
• Cornelia Stok (86), Ridderkerk
• Eelke Willems Jongsma (89), Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland
• Edward Piercy Davis (53), Prince William Co., VA
• Adrianus Braspenning (74), Baarle-Nassau
• Cornelia DE ROO (73), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abele Johannes Mulder (70), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoogendoorn (86), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alva Lonzo Cox Sr (59), East St Louis, St Clair County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1946 » Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Paul Smith, English fashion designer
• 1946 » Pierre-Marc Johnson, Canadian lawyer, physician, and politician, 24th Premier of Quebec
• 1947 » Todd Akin, American politician
• 1949 » Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic († 2013)
• 1950 » Carlos Caszely, Chilean footballer
• 1950 » Huey Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1950 » Michael Monarch, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Goose Gossage, American baseball player
• 1951 » Roger Wicker, American colonel, lawyer, and politician

• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)

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.
• February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
• December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

The temperature on July 5, 1949 was between 10.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.