About the day » Wednesday January 5, 1949Calender converter

• Michiel Maria Gerardus Derey, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• N.N. Saanen, Eindhoven († 1949)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1949)
• Dirk Jan Spruit, Waalre († 2008)
• Nn van den Born, Delft
• Ervin Quincy Todd ?****, Conway, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Cornelis van Riessen († 2002)
• Peter Wit de, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Peter de Wit, Heemskerk († 2006)
• Marcella Klein († 2019)

• Aaltje Schonewille (74), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Otten (54), Bussum
• Albert van Van Velzen (1), Zwolle
• Antje van Riel (75), Voorburg
• Annegien Busscher (49), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Ardina Josepha Huberta UMMELEN (77), Geldrop, Geldrop-Mierlo, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Christiaans Schonewille (74), Hoogeveen
• Anna Elizabeth Hall (96), Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States
• Albertus de Lange (23), Oldenzaal
• Anje Davids (44), Rasquert, Baflo,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1946 » Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman
• 1947 » Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio
• 1950 » Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author († 1991)
• 1950 » John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1950 » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1952 » Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 1953 » George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1953 » Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
• 1953 » Pamela Sue Martin, American actress

• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

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.
• 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 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on January 5, 1949 was between 4.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.