About the day » Wednesday September 28, 1949Calender converter

• Alain Rodier, Parijs, Frankrijk
• Jentje (Jennie) Mennink, Fort, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrikus Antonius Maria de Beurs, Amsterdam
• Michael Wayne Simmons († 1980)
• Theodorus Albertus Johannes van Schie, Noordwijk († 2023)
• Paul John ALLSOPP, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten († 1965)
• Edward Henricus Maria Rutten, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Meredith Susan Corbitt († 2006)
• Elsje Wilhelmina Harsma, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Francisca Maria van Hees, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1950)

• Adrianus Josephus VAN GILS (72), Baarle-Hertog, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adrianus Josephus VAN GILS (72), Baarle-Hertog,2387,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albertus Lemmen (57), Venlo, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Schotting (60), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Augusta Maria van Vugt (74), Tilburg
• Cornelia van Kollenburg (74), Oisterwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Anthony Mouw (56), Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan
• Cornelis Tuijnman (74), Stavenisse, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus van den Bergh (93), Oosterhout, NB, Nederland
• Albert A. MOUW (56), Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1946 » Tom Bower, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bob Carr, Australian journalist and politician, 37th Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 » Jon Snow, English journalist and academic
• 1947 » Rhonda Hughes, American mathematician and academic
• 1947 » Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi politician, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1949 » Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Christina Hoff Sommers, American author and philosopher
• 1950 » John Sayles, American novelist, director, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Paul Burgess, English drummer
• 1951 » Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician († 2015)

• 1935 » William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer, invented the Kinetoscope (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Filippo Illuminato, Italian partisan, Gold Medal of Military Valour (b. 1930)
• 1943 » Sam Ruben, American chemist and academic (b. 1913)
• 1949 » Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1956 » William Boeing, American businessman, founded the Boeing Company (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan violinist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Roger Nimier, French soldier and author (b. 1925)

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 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• 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.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
• December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on September 28, 1949 was between 9.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.