About the day » Saturday October 22, 1949Calender converter

• Johanna Hendrika Nap, Linschoten (Montfoort), Utrecht, Nederland († 1952)
• Joanne F Huizenga, USA († 2012)
• Celestina Simons († 1953)
• Daniel Robert Weckerle, Canton, Stark, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Margreet Sophia Kramer, Den Helder († 2015)
• Hessel Leendert Baauw († 2018)
• Kenneth Nolan Burger, Allendale, Allendale County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2015)
• Leslie Thomas Dotter, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia († 2007)
• Femmigje (Femmie) Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Johannes Josephus Maria Arnoldus van Schayk, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1949)

• Wubbo Kiewiet (64), Winschoten
• Antoon van Veenendaal (78), Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Winkelman (81), Buinen, Borger, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aleida Jans Riksma (74), Zeist, 3709, Nederland
• Anna Maria Weber (67), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aart Westerhout (82), Hardinxveld,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beatrice Mary Teresa Fitzherbert (87)
• Cornelia Visser (75), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Koot (74), Utrecht
• Cornelia Jansen (74), Rotterdam

• 1947 » Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1947 » Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Debbie Macomber, American author
• 1948 » Mike Hendrick, English cricketer, coach, and umpire
• 1948 » Pierre Lartigue, French rally driver
• 1949 » Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager
• 1949 » Manfred Trojahn, German flute player, composer, and conductor
• 1949 » Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1990)
• 1949 » Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment († 2015)
• 1950 » Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana

• 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)

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.
• February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
• May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
• May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

The temperature on October 22, 1949 was between 5.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.