About the day » Sunday January 2, 1949Calender converter

• Raffaele Bellofatto, Lacedonia Italie († 2011)
• Carolyn Janice Bailey, Price, Carbon County, Utah († 1949)
• Dominique Cartouche Camiel Tant, Roeselare († 2000)
• Gummarus Roosen, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1950)
• Corry van Dongen († 2005)
• René Jan Henry Priem, Nijkerk († 1981)
• Ronald Jan de Haan, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Thea Bijsterveld († 2012)
• nn simons, helden-beringe († 1949)
• Gerard Antong Bisschop, Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)

• Aleida Frons (74), De Lutte
• Adrianus Henricus Jacobus Dankers (35), Vught
• Arend Mantel (82), Heerhugowaard, Nederland
• van Hoewijk, Rotterdam
• Antje de Ridder (82), Noordwijk
• Antonia Everdina Evers (80), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bertha Teuntje Endeveld (52), Amsterdam (Woonachtig in Blaricum)
• Aaltje Inpijn (76), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aart ALBLAS (80), Dordrecht
• Aart Corneliszn Alblas (80), Dordrecht, Nederland

• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1944 » Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1947 » Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1949 » Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic († 2006)
• 1952 » Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1954 » Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician

• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• January 31 » These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
• March 2 » Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on January 2, 1949 was between 0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.