About the day » Monday May 2, 1949Calender converter

• Clifton James Todd (B) ?****, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States († 2015)
• Jan Pieter Maria Lankreijer, Hilversum († 2017)
• Moniek Veys († 2011)
• David Bebelaar, Batavia (Djakarta) († 2013)
• Johannes van Loon, Oisterwijk († 1992)
• Jan Pieter Maria Lankreijer, Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Karel van Iwaarden, Breezand († 2017)
• Jacobus Johannes "Hans" van der Zel, Wognum († 2007)
• Francis Ann Sharkey († 2003)
• David Bebelaar, Djakarta († 2013)

• Catharina Maria Hubertina,Cato Desar (60), Venlo
• Cornelia Maria van der Peet (68), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Strating (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Wijngaarden (78), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alice Sinclair Currie (62), Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
• Catharina Arts (77), Nijmegen
• Aaltje Berentsen (74), Arnhem
• Aleida Maria Willemsen (55), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Smak (47), Westzaan
• Abraham Johannes LUTEIJN (84), Uithuizermeeden Groningen Netherlands

• 1947 » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1948 » Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Alan Titchmarsh, English gardener and author
• 1949 » Alfons Schuhbeck, German celebrity chef, author and businessman
• 1950 » Duncan Gay, Australian businessman and politician
• 1950 » Fausto Silva, Brazilian television presenter
• 1950 » Lou Gramm, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Richard Ground, English lawyer and judge († 2014)
• 1950 » Simon Gaskell, English chemist and academic

• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)

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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

The temperature on May 2, 1949 was between 2.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.