About the day » Monday January 17, 1949Calender converter

• Penney Sandra FURMAGE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2020)
• Levenloos kind Nijhuis, Utrecht († 1949)
• Mintje Meijer († 2001)
• Hendrik-jan-cornelis Konjer, Den Haag, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Hindertje Lutjeboer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 2011)
• Loesje Oeges Feitsma, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Ivo Gaukes KNOTTNERUS, Utrecht († 2012)
• Ceel Hartogs († 2006)
• Jelle Ale Brinksma († 1976)
• Johannes van de Meeberg, Maassluis († 1949)

• Alvin James Christensen (69), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Aafke de Jong (79), ,, Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Fischer (79), Hilversum
• Adriana Pennings (70), Schijndel
• Cornelia Leloux (69), Lisse
• Andries Veensma (66), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Pietertje van der Linden (74), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Johannes Christianus Kramer (53), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Mondelaers (82)
• Alphonsius Linthout (89), Aalst

• 1948 » Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician, 21st Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1949 » Andy Kaufman, American actor and comedian († 1984)
• 1949 » Anita Borg, American computer scientist and academic († 2003)
• 1949 » Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
• 1949 » Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician († 2014)
• 1949 » Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican-American author and academic
• 1952 » Darrell Porter, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1952 » Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, and producer
• 1952 » Tom Deitz, American author († 2009)

• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)
• 1936 » Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Pyotr Krasnov, Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
• 1951 » Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Walter Briggs Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Patrice Lumumba, Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)

• 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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on January 17, 1949 was between 6.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.