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• Jos Dam († 2001)
• Doodgeboren kind Zondervan, Dordrecht († 1949)
• levenloos Kossen, Broek op L'dijk († 1949)
• Robert Dean Oldenboom, Binghampton, New Jersey, U.S.A († 1992)
• Betsy Sevenoy († 2000)
• Louise Eleonore Klerks, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1982)
• Robert Marshall Sutton, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Liliane Irene Henriette Oeyen, Lommel († 1949)
• Antonie van Tintelen († 2006)
• Julian Alexander Fellowes, Cairo, AL Qahirah, Egypt

• Aaltje Malestein (88), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Jacob (59), Woodford, Illinois
• Aaltje Bos (21), Sonnevanck, Nederland
• Bartel Snelling Berg (55), Den Haag, ZH, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Wijngaards (52), Sittard
• Antje Ritskes Veenstra (73), Nijega
• cornelis van der WAAL (49), dirksland
• Arie van der Elst (78), Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Tjisse Zoethout (76), Akkrum
• Alida Petronella Geus (64), Den Helder

• 1946 » Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
• 1946 » Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Gary Talley, American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author
• 1947 » Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) († 2016)
• 1948 » Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor († 2014)
• 1949 » Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
• 1949 » Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
• 1949 » Sib Hashian, American rock drummer († 2017)
• 1949 » Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer († 2013)
• 1951 » Richard Hunt, American Muppet performer († 1992)

• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)

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.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on August 17, 1949 was between 8.4 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.