About the day » Tuesday March 22, 1949Calender converter

• Jozef Cornelis Maria Luijkx, Etten-Leur († 1982)
• Frans Lelieveld, 's-Gravenhage († 1999)
• George T. Bowman, Camden, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Ana Rosa Ignácio, Alvares Machado-SP, Brazil
• Willem Cornelis Meima, Harderwijk, Nederland († 2014)
• Aartje van Klingeren, Baarn († 1994)
• Jan Hendrik Preusterink, Deventer († 2019)
• Lambert herman A Lunneker, Arnhem († 1949)
• Judith Marcella Tielman, Batavia (Nederlands-Indië) († 1949)
• Gary Lynn WEST († 1978)

• AMATUS MARY DE TAVERNIER (87), Wingene, 8750, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Albert van der Kamp (77), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Klinge (82), Vlaardingen
• Antonius Marcellis Maria de Win (21), Jawa
• Albert Willemszn. van der Kamp (77), Baflo, Nederland
• Antonius Thomas Ligtvoet (75), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Georgina Sinclair ** (63), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Annechien Jans Langbeek (83), Nw.Buinen
• Demaerel (71), BERCHEM-ANTWERPEN, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Josephine Mueller "Miller" (62), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten

• 1946 » Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 » Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 1947 » George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 » James Patterson, American author and producer
• 1947 » Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director
• 1949 » Brian Hanrahan, English journalist († 2010)
• 1949 » Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter

• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)

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.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.

The temperature on March 22, 1949 was between -1.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.