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• n.n Koelemij, Haarlem († 1949)
• Elizabeth Ann Holmes, Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, United States († 2004)
• Gladijs Margaretha Vanbesien, Oostende
• Henrica Hendriks, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Johanna Alexandrina Kentie, Heukelum, Gemeente West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Gregorius Pieter van Rooijen, Gorinchem († 1990)
• Gideon de Rijder, Wissekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dirk van de Koot, Putten († 1949)
• Gregory Yewell Connell, Edinburg (USA) († 1984)
• Maatje de Jonge, Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)

• Berendina Maria van der Vet (58), 's Gravenhage
• Berend Joling (88), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Antonia Maria Anna van Iersel (53), Tilburg
• Aukje Bergsma (86), Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukje Harms Aukje Bergsma (86), Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Rooswinkel- (52), Maastricht, Nederland
• Alida Voerman (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Margaretha Hendriksd Jore (45), Harderwijk, ge.nld
• Antonia Maria Anna van Iersel (53)
• Augustin CHARDOME (59), Saint-Hubert, 84059, Luxembourg, Belgique

• 1947 » Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
• 1948 » Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright
• 1948 » Kenney Jones, English drummer
• 1948 » Ron Blair, American bass player
• 1948 » Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Susan Ruttan, American actress
• 1949 » Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist
• 1950 » Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist
• 1950 » Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
• 1950 » David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1933 » George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
• 1945 » John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)
• 1946 » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)

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 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• August 10 » An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.

The temperature on September 16, 1949 was between 12.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.