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• Theresia Paijralbe, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Roger Allen Postema, Lemont Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Theresia Payralbe, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Hiske Klazes Schuiling, Westernijkerk, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• Peter Groot († 1994)
• Lawrence R Dattory II, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Johanna│Joke de Roode, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Paulina Johanna Maria Van den Bempt, Roosendaal († 2011)
• Johanna van Delft, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Johanna de Roode, Valkenburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Anna Geessiena Mulder (58), Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin County (Montana / USA)
• Anna Johanna Krake (57), Langeveen
• Cornelia Poel (0), Harderwijk
• Aaltje de Vries (86), Zaandam
• Antonius Gregorius Stapelbroek (69), Gendringen, Oude IJsselstreek, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Cornelia Poel (0), Harderwijk
• Christianna Agnes O'Callaghan (79)
• Bartha Rorije (71), Heerde, Nederland
• Adriana Nieuwkerk (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Strik (51), Rotterdam

• 1948 » Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
• 1948 » Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1949 » Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1949 » Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer († 2012)
• 1949 » Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
• 1949 » Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
• 1950 » August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 1950 » George McGinnis, American basketball player
• 1950 » Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1935 » Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)

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 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on August 12, 1949 was between 7.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.