About the day » Saturday April 23, 1949Calender converter

• Ljubomir Sladić, Šibenik, Šibenik-Knin, Joegoslavië
• William James van Ort, Albany, New York († 2007)
• Robert REICKS († 1965)
• Russell Feskens († 1987)
• Hendrik (Henk) Akkerman († 1992)
• Johannes Duckers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Tjeerd Visser, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• Warnar Rietman, Mastenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland († 1985)
• Frederik Buitenhuis, Nunspeet {GE} († 2015)
• N N Wijdemans, Goirle († 1949)

• Arthur William Fellwock (53), Freistatt, Lawerence County, Missouri,us, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Zorge (74), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Baukje Geerts van der Heide (53), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Jochems (89), Apeldoorn
• "Alain" Joseph Marie de La Forest (78), Irodouër, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Adriana van Rijn (60), Katwijk
• Baukje Geerts van der Heide (53), Groningen
• Anna Maria Carrette (68), Antwerpen (B), België
• Adrianus Machielse (57), Beek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Rijn (60), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
• 1947 » Glenn Cornick, English bass player († 2014)
• 1947 » Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Pascal Quignard, French author and screenwriter
• 1948 » Serge Thériault, Canadian actor
• 1949 » David Cross, English violinist
• 1949 » John Miles, British rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 1949 » Paul Collier, English economist and academic
• 1950 » Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician
• 1950 » Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist

• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)

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 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• 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.
• June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on April 23, 1949 was between 3.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.