About the day » Sunday August 28, 1949Calender converter

• Willy Frans GHILLEMIJN, Sint-Eloois-Winkel († 2000)
• Paul SPILLEBEEN († 1949)
• Everhardus Johannes Hemmers, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 2017)
• Carla Stolk († 2015)
• Vaughn Gregory Sandoval, Long Beach Californa
• Hendrik (Henk) Bergsma, Steenwijk († 2014)
• Anny Ellens, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 2023)
• jan frans henricus (jan) van mullekom, helden-grashoek († 2023)
• Robert GINN († 2001)

• Adrianus BEVERS (81), Sint-Lenaarts, Brecht, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriana van der Kruk (64), Amsterdam
• Alida Leytens (64), Sint-Denijs-Westrem (Oost-Vlaanderen, BEL)
• Arnoldus Petrus Houet (81), Haarsteeg
• Albert Gaston Armand PLANCKE (54), Quaedypre... Hauts de France
• Aleida Booijink (75), Geesteren
• Augustin Bavo HOREMANS (76), Herentals Belgie
• Anna Lohnis (67), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alice Susannah Wright (60), Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
• Antonie van Dam (59), Klundert, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1947 » Emlyn Hughes, English footballer († 2004)
• 1948 » Danny Seraphine, American drummer and producer
• 1948 » Elizabeth Wilmshurst, English academic and jurist
• 1948 » Heather Reisman, Canadian publisher and businesswoman
• 1948 » Murray Parker, New Zealand cricketer and educator
• 1948 » Vonda N. McIntyre, American author
• 1949 » Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Svetislav Pešić, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1950 » Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach
• 1950 » Tony Husband, English cartoonist

• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)

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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• April 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.

The temperature on August 28, 1949 was between 13.7 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.