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• Albert Huesken, Rijssen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1967)
• Eduard Jozef Maria Everardus Stumpel, Alkmaar († 2003)
• Teunie Stravers († 2021)
• Dennis Ray Ciesielski († 1994)
• Marianne Brouwer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Johan Leonardus Hubertus Goossen, Echt († 1949)
• Steven Michael Spahr, Greenville, Darke, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Adriaan de Groot, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• N.N. van den Greijn, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Hein Tuijp, Edam Volendam († 2023)

• Cor Steijn (68), Zaandijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Johanna Mieris (80), Onbekend
• Barbara M Bohnert (57), Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Alonzo Carlton Parker (57)
• Alvertus "Albert" Kaptein (82), Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI
• Adrianus Brouwers (48), Utrecht
• Clara Johanna Mieris (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Maria Antonia Holland (80), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Jansen (82), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart
• Bernard Geerdink (59), Hengelo

• 1947 » Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
• 1948 » Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer († 1992)
• 1948 » Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
• 1948 » Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
• 1949 » Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Shelley Long, American actress
• 1949 » Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
• 1950 » Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager

• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)

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.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on August 23, 1949 was between 12.4 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.