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• Beppie Klijnhout, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Gerardus Hendrikus, Hein, Jeroen Weerink, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holand,Nederland
• Johannes van Ham, Dongen, Nederland († 1949)
• Sietse Jan de Boer, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Berend Hindrikus Godlieb, Groningen († 2000)
• José da Penha Moreira, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 1989)
• Hendrika Maria Jacoba (Riek) PHILIPSEN, Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands († 2008)
• Robert Brian Burke, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States of America († 2007)
• Henderika Josephina (Ria) Rentenaar, Schagen, Nederland († 2016)
• Lukas Rengers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)

• Albertus Johannes Pol (64), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Hermanusz Roest (73), Laren
• Arie van Oosterom (71), Stoutenburg
• Anton Johan Arnold Dammerman (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertus van der BIJL (41), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Paas (79), Exloerveen (Odoorn)
• Anton Johan Arnold Dammerman (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloise Franciscus Moerman (66), Mouscron, Belgium
• Arie Johannes van Eijzeren (80), Rotterdam
• Albert de La Motte Baraffe (63), Seneffe

• 1945 » Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr., American soldier, lawyer, and author († 1994)
• 1945 » Sarah Dash, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1945 » Värner Lootsmann, Estonian lawyer and politician
• 1948 » James Jones, English bishop
• 1948 » John Scarlett, English intelligence officer
• 1949 » Nigel Griggs, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
• 1952 » Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer († 2009)
• 1952 » Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach

• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.

The temperature on August 18, 1949 was between 8.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.