About the day » Saturday December 31, 1949Calender converter

• Douglas Lowell LARSEN, Loa, Wayne County, Utah, United States of America († 1951)
• Craig J Kelson Roberts Hart Abbot Olson († 2000)
• Florentinus Carolina Van Wesenbeek, Bornem († 1983)
• Marie-Thérèse Smets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2021)
• Jan Jacob Thalen, Hollandscheveld († 2008)
• Jan Thalen, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonius Hubertus Maria van Beekum, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• N N de Lange, Steenwijkerwold († 1949)
• Rolandus Albertus Reddy Vanleke, Oostende
• Allan Wayne Diewold († 1979)

• Antoinette Stephanie Léontine MAHIEU (58), Forest, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Arie van Eijk (73), Den Haag
• August Gus" Schramowski "Schemosky" "Shramkie" "Shemms" (69), Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Andreas BROECKAERT (54), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Bos (43), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Agatha van Heeringen (88), Mijdrecht (Utr.), Neth
• Adriana Sophia Elisabeth Beek van (72), Hoogland
• Berber Feitzes Peenstra (66), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnieta Sjoerdsma (70), 's-Gravenhage
• August DE CEUSTER (43), Deurne (BE)

• 1948 » Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter († 2012)
• 1948 » Joe Dallesandro, American actor
• 1948 » René Robert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 » Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1949 » Ellen Datlow, American anthologist and author
• 1949 » Flora Gomes, Bissau-Guinean filmmaker
• 1949 » Susan Shwartz, American author
• 1950 » Bob Gilder, American golfer
• 1950 » Inge Helten, German sprinter
• 1950 » Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player

• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)

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 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• 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.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.

The temperature on December 31, 1949 was between -1.8 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.