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• Jozef Gerard Meijnen, Overpelt, Belgium († 2006)
• Robert Leroy Munsil, Pontiac, Oakland Cnty, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Aaltje Jantina Plas, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Joseph Antonis ten Berge, Groningen
• Cornelis Johannes Jacobus Maria van der Gulik († 2009)
• Nicolaas Petrus Ouwehand, Warmond († 2018)
• Abraham J.C.M. Wijzenbroek, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1991)
• Cor van de Ven († 2002)
• Lena Bernice "Dolly" Smith, Gary († 1992)
• Henricus Hermanus Antonius Nijhof († 2000)

• Anna Hendrika Buskens (34), Rotterdam
• Agnes Eikholt (73), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carl (Willie Carlton) Davidson (51), Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Hendriks Groen (83), Zwartsluis
• Bernard Hendrik (Henk) Jansen (40), emmer Compascuum
• Emile Caessens (62), Axel
• Alida Petronella Maria de Wit (65), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bernardina Maria Wensing (87), Loenen aan de Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Groen (83), Zwartsluis
• Dientje van Lankeren (82), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1947 » Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian, critic, and publisher
• 1947 » Gail Carson Levine, American author
• 1947 » Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist († 2000)
• 1947 » Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office († 2018)
• 1948 » John Ritter, American actor and producer († 2003)
• 1948 » Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1949 » Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1950 » Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 » Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India (2001-14) and politician, 14th Prime Minister of India
• 1951 » Russell Brown, Scottish politician

• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)

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.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

The temperature on September 17, 1949 was between 11.5 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 29.3 mm of rain during 12.4 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.