About the day » Wednesday March 30, 1949Calender converter

• Hendrikje Trijntje Kwakkel, Emst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1988)
• Jozef Allemeersch, Brugge († 2011)
• Karel Rose-Marie De hertog, Bornem († 1998)
• NN Schrijver, Utrecht {UT} († 1949)
• Lambertus Jacoba Joseph Kloes, Egmond-Binnen († 2006)
• Hubert Louis Mathijs (Math) VROOMEN, Kelmont/Beek (NL/LI) Lived Ulestraten (NL/LI) († 2020)
• Adriana Droppert, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Rudolf Hoogervorst, Wormerveer († 1997)
• Berendina Hilligje Gritter, Schuinesloot († 2004)
• Theodora Josephina Somers, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antje Leewes (89), Nijmegen
• Adrianus Nicolaas Arkesteijn (32), Schiedam
• August G. Barth (81), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arendina Johanna Broekers (66), Enschede
• Anna Maria Carolina van de Vorle (61), Venray
• Catharina van Poppelen (74), Gassel
• Alberdina Christina Vahl (75), Kampen, Overijssel, NL
• Amaretta McDaniel (61), Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Christina Vahl (75), Kampen
• Alida Maria Johanna Meeder (67), Huizen

• 1948 » Eddie Jordan, Irish racing driver and team owner, founded Jordan Grand Prix
• 1948 » Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, American rock singer
• 1948 » Mervyn King, English economist and academic
• 1948 » Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English computer programmer and politician
• 1949 » Dana Gillespie, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 » Liza Frulla, Canadian talk show host and politician, 3rd Minister of Canadian Heritage
• 1949 » Naomi Sims, American model and author († 2009)
• 1950 » Grady Little, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1950 » Janet Browne, English-American historian and academic
• 1950 » Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor

• 1940 » Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1921)
• 1943 » Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1949 » Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 1955 » Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)

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 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
• 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.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on March 30, 1949 was between 2.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.