About the day » Thursday February 24, 1949Calender converter

• Gerrie Huisman, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2003)
• Matthias Gottlieb Adelerhof, .......... († 2000)
• Julien Louis Lahousse, Roeselare († 2023)
• Albert Joannes Lejon, Brasschaat (B) († 1957)
• Johannes Antonius van der Westen, Roosendaal († 1975)
• Marinus Lambertus Maria van Grinsven, Nuland,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Hendrikus Bernardus Maria (Henk) AALDERS, Ulft, Oude IJsselstreek (NL) († 2017)
• Jan NEDERVEEN, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Helena Maria van der Bijl, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2011)
• NN De Wilde, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Aaltje Steenbergen (78), Zuidwolde
• Alida Sophia van Merwe (89), Rotterdam
• Age van Asma (80), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van Amerongen (40), Terborg
• Anna Elisabeth Theus (95), Bergeijk, the, Netherlands
• Aafje Pottegieter (75), Venhuizen
• Anna Marie Odile Preuveneers (Previnaire) (78), Neerheylissem
• Adriana van de Weerd (87), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Akke Wessels (Akke) De Wind (84), Grouw Friesland Nederland
• Anne Josina Charlotte Huydecoper (89)

• 1947 » Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1947 » Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Rupert Holmes, English-American singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1948 » Dennis Waterman, English actor
• 1948 » Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 2016)
• 1948 » Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist
• 1948 » Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1950 » Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1951 » David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 » Derek Randall, English cricketer

• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)

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.
• January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• 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 February 24, 1949 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.