About the day » Tuesday May 17, 1949Calender converter

• Agaath Zuiderduin, Lisse († 1949)
• Paul Jay Elliott, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2017)
• Leendert Singerling, Den Haag († 2001)
• Mathias van Scharrenburg, Bonn, Duitsland († 1949)
• Roger Vandenberghe, Stalhille (B) († 1977)
• Beatrix Alida Gertrudis Maria Derksen, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1976)
• Hendrikus Lambertus van der Heijden, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• William Petrus MYBURGH
• Mieke Wouters, Waalre († 2012)
• Patricia Vleugels, Antwerpen, België († 2015)

• Stam, Schagen
• Anna Catharina Theresia Sijbrands (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardina Christina Gemma Maria Sieverding (3), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baafke Tuinhout (70), Zandvoort
• Haan (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van Ewijk (72), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abeltje Prins (1), Groningen
• Baafke Tuinhout (70), Zandvoort
• Albert Strijker (90), Zuidwolde
• Adrianus SEGERS (71), Sprundel,,PAYS BAS

• 1947 » Stephen Platten, English bishop
• 1948 » Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Bill Bruford, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1949 » Keith, American pop singer
• 1950 » Alan Johnson, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1950 » Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer († 1991)
• 1950 » Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia († 2008)
• 1950 » Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician
• 1950 » Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician († 2014)
• 1951 » Simon Hughes, English lawyer and politician

• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)

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.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on May 17, 1949 was between 9.7 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.