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• Jacobus Johannes Prospère Tebbens, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Brenda Jeanette Lair († 1951)
• Eduard Simon van den Born, Amsterdam († 1949)
• Adriaan Gerrit Schrier, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 2012)
• Ewald Jurgens, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Marinus Dionusius Gerardus Heinsen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1949)
• Hillechiena Jantina Sterenberg, Dijkshorn, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• ? HENDERSON, Reefton, New Zealand († 1949)
• Cornelis Gerardus Johannes van Orden, Arnhem († 1949)
• Eduard Simon van den Born, Amsterdam († 1949)

• Abraham van der Windt (45), Leiden
• Albertus Hendrikus Hekkelman (84), Apeldoorn
• Antonia Bernardina Catharina Laforme (77), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Smit (94), Schiedam
• Adrianus Anthonius Duijndam (37), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Louisa Haubrock (91)
• Adriana Pieternella Mooring (77), Rotterdam
• Anna de Zeeuw (56), Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
• Antje Jans Hoekstra (60), Augustinusga
• Anna Maria Iersel van (77), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1947 » Al Green, American lawyer and politician
• 1947 » P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha († 2016)
• 1948 » Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
• 1948 » Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher († 2011)
• 1948 » Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
• 1949 » Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
• 1949 » Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1950 » Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1950 » Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
• 1950 » Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach

• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

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.
• February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on September 1, 1949 was between 15.8 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.