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• Hermanus Bernardus Gerardus Hampsink, Weerselo
• Ton Scheerhoorn († 2019)
• Teunis Rompelman († 1998)
• Henriëtte Jeannette Schotsman, Nijkerkerveen († 1999)
• Christiane Belanger, Vaudreuil, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Quebec, Canada († 2014)
• Eggo Derk Prummel, Scheemda (NL) († 2011)
• Wilhelmus van Hoeijen, Amersfoort († 1964)
• Cornelius Hendricus Maria Haarman, Raalte
• Lammert (Bert) KOENS († 2013)
• Hendrik Gerrit Wouter (Henk) Post († 2008)

• Anna Marie Verbree (71), Netherlands
• Antonius Andries Burghouts (81), Heusden
• Cornelia Huijser (77), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Samuel Pieter Brouwer (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Dehaan (74), Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelius Naber (80), Kamrar, Hamilton, Iowa, United States
• Albert Charles Eugène Marie de MEEÛS (78), Bruxelles, 1000, Bruxelles, Bruxelles Capitale, BELGIQUE
• Cornelis Martinus Pluk (23), Tjiboelaham, India
• Anna Maria VERBREE (71), Leiderdorp
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Gubbels (87), Elsloo

• 1946 » Connie Chung, American journalist
• 1946 » Henryk Broder, Polish-German journalist and author
• 1946 » Mufaddal Saifuddin, 53rd Da'i al-Mutlaq of Fatimid Caliphate الدولة الفاطمية
• 1947 » Alan Lee, English painter and illustrator
• 1947 » Ray Wise, American actor
• 1948 » John Noble, Australian actor and director
• 1948 » Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Nikolas Asimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1988)
• 1949 » Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer († 1986)
• 1951 » DeForest Soaries, American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey

• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)
• 1942 » István Horthy, Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)
• 1943 » William Irvine, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Victoria (b. 1858)
• 1951 » İzzettin Çalışlar, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Jonathan Daniels, American seminarian and civil rights activist (b. 1939)
• 1971 » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

The temperature on August 20, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.