About the day » Wednesday September 21, 1949Calender converter

• Kind Maanders, Breda
• Maria Augustina Driessen, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Maria Helena van der Steen, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Gerardus Johannes Maria. Ettes († 2014)
• Anny Knops, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1974)
• Hendrikus Hoogeboom, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1962)
• Gerrit Hendrikus Antonius Willems, Nijverdal († 2011)
• Jan Beno van den Berg, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Jos Geerse († 2020)
• Kees van den Boom, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1971)

• Angenita Bouman (75), Grijpskerk, NL-GR
• Angnieta Havinga (78), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Rietrae (0), Kerkrade
• Abraham Hubertus Bach (89), Megen
• Antonius de Lange (76), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aafje Duin (73), Spanbroek, Nederland
• Aafje Duin (73), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cocu (76), Noordwijk
• Adrianus Petrus van Herk (57)
• Antje Jans SYTSMA (71)

• 1947 » Don Felder, American musician and songwriter (Eagles)
• 1947 » Keith Harris, English ventriloquist and singer († 2015)
• 1947 » Rupert Hine, English musician, songwriter, and record producer
• 1948 » Jack Dromey, English union leader and politician
• 1948 » Mitsuo Momota, Japanese wrestler
• 1949 » Artis Gilmore, American basketball player and radio host
• 1949 » Henry Butler, American pianist and photographer
• 1949 » Odilo Scherer, Brazilian cardinal
• 1950 » Bill Murray, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Charles Clarke, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Education

• 1939 » Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1942 » John Symes, English cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Alexander Koshetz, Ukrainian choral conductor, arranger, composer (b. 1875)
• 1944 » Artur Phleps, Romanian general (b. 1881)
• 1947 » Harry Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
• 1956 » Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)

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 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• 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 September 21, 1949 was between 6.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.