About the day » Sunday May 1, 1949Calender converter

• Peter Bakker († 1980)
• Petrus Huurdeman, Baarn
• Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Justinus Maria Verweij, Beek (Ubbergen) († 1972)
• Wilhelmus Peter Marie (Wiel) Versteegen, Beringe,, Limburg, Nederland
• Grietus Huigen, Emmer-Compascuum († 2010)
• Vicky Kay Low († 1999)
• Vincent Montano, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States († 1981)
• NN ten Kate, Smilde {DR} († 1949)
• johannes andreas maria (jan) wilms, helden-beringe
• Egbertus Martinus Johannes Kemper, Heerlen († 1971)

• Abraham Hoos (23), Blora (IND)
• Coervers Coerver (53), Heerlen (L
• Cornelis Gerardus van Es (79), Naaldwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Agnes Margaretha Smits (55), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Allegonda Snelders (67), Rotterdam
• Catharina Wilhelmina Goemans (82)
• Albert Uineken (74), Dalen, Nederland
• Bertrand Florian Maria Baron van Kergorlay (60), Parijs
• Cornelia van Gils (5), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Catharina van den Heuvel (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist († 2015)
• 1947 » Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
• 1948 » Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
• 1948 » Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
• 1949 » Jim Clench, Canadian bass player († 2010)
• 1949 » Paul Teutul Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
• 1949 » Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1950 » Dann Florek, American actor and director
• 1950 » Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1951 » Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach

• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (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 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on May 1, 1949 was between 1.4 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.