About the day » Thursday June 23, 1949Calender converter

• Roger WIJNEN, Grotestraat 183,3631 Boorsem, Maasmechelen,Provincie Limburg-Flanders,Belgie († 2016)
• Robert Lucien MARNAT, Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France († 2006)
• Gerald Ivan Mereness, Cooperstown, Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1978)
• Arnold Timmer († 1949)
• Michael Eugene Kathman, Marshall, Lyon Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Michael Francis Middleton, Westmorland
• de Wit, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Wester († 2018)
• Daniël Cornelis Kromhout, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Willemina Groeneveld, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1949)

• Alida Antonia (Alie) Bierman (60), 't Veld
• * Catharina de Knegt (72), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Thomas Mossel (54)
• Alida Bakker (73), Assen
• Bertus Johannes van der Schuit (61), Velsen, Nederland
• Abraham Gerrit Adrianus Idenburg (44), Bij Bari (Italië)
• Augustinus Eugenius Wijne (65)
• Clarice Antunes Gesteira (67), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Justina Maria Raes (66), Koewacht
• Auke Thijsses Zuidema (57), Twijzelerheide

• 1945 » Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author
• 1946 » Julian Hipwood, English polo player and coach
• 1946 » Ted Shackelford, American actor
• 1947 » Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
• 1948 » Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and judge, United States Supreme Court Justice
• 1949 » Gordon Bray, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1949 » Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
• 1951 » Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 » Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
• 1951 » Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician

• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

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 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.

The temperature on June 23, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.