About the day » Friday May 20, 1949Calender converter

• Theodora Albertina Gerarda Lahaye, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Theodorus Wilhelmus Vermeent, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1987)
• Andrew Boudreau, Petit De Grat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1949)
• Fons Smits, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Jan Vlug, Amsterdam († 1949)
• Suzanne Roguszny, Oignies, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2010)
• Johannes Krul, Rhenen († 2016)
• Gary Wayne Roetman, Park Rapids, Hubbard County, Minnesota († 2008)
• Jacoba de Mol, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Martinus Johannes Simon van der Hoorn, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1951)

• Cornelia Wessteijn (67), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Boudreau (0), Petit De Grat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Cornelia Westeijn (67), Naaldwijk
• Cornelia Wessteijn (67), Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Coray (28), Galapogos-Eil.,Ecuador
• Andre Karel van den Borne (27), Ravels (B)
• Cornelia Johanna van de Sande (28), Tilburg
• Adrianus Dekkers (76), Etten NBr NL
• Adrianus De Bont (78), Turnhout
• Coenraad Boekholt (82), Arnhem

• 1947 » Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic
• 1947 » Steve Currie, English bass player († 1981)
• 1949 » Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
• 1949 » Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer († 2013)
• 1950 » Jane Parker-Smith, English organist († 2020)
• 1950 » Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1951 » Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster († 2020)
• 1951 » Thomas Akers, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

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.
• 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.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on May 20, 1949 was between 7.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.