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• Johannes Henricus Antonius Hyacinthus Maria (Hans) Sterk, Heerlen
• Levenloos Geboren Kind Vlaar, Hoorn
• Pelegrinus Hermanus Jozef van Burgsteden, Amersfoort (UT, NLD) († 1967)
• George Felix Joseph ten Haken, Weert († 1949)
• Maria Anna van Kesteren, Heemstede († 1992)
• - Bollen, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Christiane Jacqueline Maria (Christianneke) BEKS, Hamont (B) († 1951)
• Cornelia Geertruida Maria Vendel, Spanbroek († 2022)
• Levenloos van Neerven, Helmond († 1949)
• Wilhelmus (Wim) Kouters, Linne († 2015)

• Aart Mulder (71), Apeldoorn
• Christina Johanna Kok (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Dannehower Weir (68), Prospectville, PA
• Adriana Cornelia van Ree (69), Sliedrecht
• Adriaantje Aagje BOM (67), Ooltgensplaat,, Pays-Bas
• Cornelis MOOIJ (66), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Strookman (68), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Eggo de Raaf (86), Hattem
• Adrianus Johannes Kuizenga (63), Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Mulder (71), Apeldoorn

• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1950 » Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1950 » N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
• 1951 » Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 » Gábor Demszky, Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
• 1952 » James Arbuthnot, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1952 » Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player

• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (b. 1926)

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.
• February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.

The temperature on August 4, 1949 was between 8.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.