About the day » Wednesday March 23, 1949Calender converter

• Elisa Catharina Suykerbuyk, Brasschaat († 1950)
• Keith Owen Kok, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Gerritdina Heintje Pasman († 1978)
• Andries Anne Gorter, Haulerwijk, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)
• Maurice Verjans, Romershoven, Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 2007)
• Arie Cornelis van Dam († 2020)
• Hendrikus Ludovikus Strik († 2014)
• Levenloos Kind Zeeman, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Barbara Ann Paulk McNeil, Georgiana, Butler County, Alabama, United States of America († 2010)
• Elisa Catharina Suykerbuyk, Brasschaat (B) († 1950)

• Adriana Lock (66), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Peperkoorn (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert C. Young (68), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Charles Miles (46), Nebraska
• Ann Forler (0), Seattle, King, Washington
• Adriana Lock (61), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Kokken (85), Rotterdam
• Augustus Josephus Vangeel (64), Herk-de-Stad, België
• Catharina Henderika Jansen (64), Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Neeleman (59), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland

• 1946 » Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
• 1948 » Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
• 1948 » Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
• 1949 » Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer († 2019)
• 1950 » Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and translator
• 1950 » Corinne Cléry, French actress
• 1950 » Phil Lanzon, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1951 » Adrian Reynard, English businessman, founded Reynard Motorsport
• 1951 » Ron Jaworski, American football player and sportscaster

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on March 23, 1949 was between 6.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.