About the day » Wednesday February 2, 1949Calender converter

• Peter J.Th. Lebens
• Meentje Trientje Annechiena Gezina Sterenborg, Wessinghuizen Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 2002)
• Johannes Looyens, Breda († 2002)
• Mieke Babonnick († 2000)
• Louisa Mathea Johanna Maria Smits, Leunen, Limburg, Nederland († 2013)
• NN Schipper († 1949)
• Eleonore Margaret Keasberry, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Jan Willem van Houten, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Naamloos DE RIDDER, Ieper,8900,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1949)
• N.N. Vosselman, Kampen

• Anna Gertrudis Bral (69), Molenbeesel
• Anna Pigmans (65), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Suzanna Wevers (2), Raalte
• Hermina Tieberink (89), Twekkelo
• Aaltje Bleeker (37), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Nienhuis (81), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Traa, van (72), Rotterdam
• Amanda Alida Ludovica Allaert (84), Roeselare
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Penders (61), Amstenrade, Nederland
• Albert Jan Kammermans, Hengelo

• 1948 » Al McKay, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 » Ina Garten, American chef and author
• 1948 » Roger Williamson, English race car driver († 1973)
• 1949 » Brent Spiner, American actor and singer
• 1949 » Duncan Bannatyne, Scottish businessman and philanthropist
• 1949 » Ross Valory, American rock bass player and songwriter
• 1949 » Yasuko Namba, Japanese mountaineer († 1996)
• 1950 » Barbara Sukowa, German actress
• 1950 » Libby Purves, British journalist and author
• 1950 » Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler

• 1942 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Daniil Kharms, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1945 » Alfred Delp, German priest and philosopher (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German economist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Johannes Popitz, German lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Bevil Rudd, South African runner and journalist (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Callistratus of Georgia, Georgian patriarch (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Hella Wuolijoki, Estonian-Finnish author and politician (b. 1886)

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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.

The temperature on February 2, 1949 was between -5.5 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.