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• Peter Blom, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Marianne de Beurs, Haarlem
• Dorothy Marie Ploegstra, Rudyard, Chippewa, Mich († 1949)
• Hans Mooren († 2012)
• Adrianus Reidsma, 's Gravenhage († 1969)
• Leonard Halberstadt, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Bradley Jay Kooiman, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Wilhelmina Jannetje Engwirda, hekelingen († 2018)
• Susan Callahan, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Jacob Teunis Kruithof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1995)

• Auke Jaasma (46), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Fenstermaker (64)
• Adolph van der Woude (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Tijs, Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Jonker (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Amandus Cornelius Johannes Beniest (76), Vlissingen (NL)
• Bert Opdenbrow (73), Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States
• Anthonius van Son (79), Dordrecht
• Bernardus Zorn (76), Schermer
• Aleida Meinderts Zwart (69), Amsterdam

• 1947 » Dick Roth, American swimmer
• 1947 » Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress († 2015)
• 1947 » Philippe Lavil, French singer and actor
• 1948 » John Foxx, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player
• 1948 » Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 » Clodoaldo, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jane Smiley, American novelist
• 1949 » Minette Walters, English journalist and author
• 1949 » Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalist († 2013)
• 1950 » Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby player

• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
• 1959 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (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.
• January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on September 26, 1949 was between 12.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.