About the day » Saturday January 29, 1949Calender converter

• Margret Diederich († 2005)
• David Edward STRITTHOLT, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Berdina Jacoba HONCOOP, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• James Allen Whitten Jr. [|||], Baxley op, Appling County, Georgia ac († 1966)
• Johannes Gerhardus Hendricus Essink, Groenlo († 2004)
• Kind Waterkamp, Eindhoven, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Andre Kan, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Lorraine Marie Kruger, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2006)
• Math Wijers († 1993)
• Bruce Dean Hippen, Buffalo Ctr., Winnebago Co., IA († 1989)

• Agatha Oudshoorn (71), Koudekerk
• Barredina Corba (87), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Pleuntje (Alias, van der Oest) van der Roest (53), Utrecht (UTR) The Netherlands
• Annegien Visser (26), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aldert Swier (72), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertha van Dijk (76), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Aart van de Wetering (88), Oud-Beijerland
• Aaltje Kerker (77), Zuidlaren, Gemeente Tynaarlo
• Albertha (Bertha) van Dijk (76), Gemeente Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Josephus Antonius Boneventura Maria van der Bom, Oudenbosch

• 1947 » David Byron, English singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1947 » Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer
• 1948 » Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
• 1949 » doris davenport, American poet and teacher
• 1949 » Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer († 2014)
• 1950 » Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and sportscaster
• 1951 » Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter († 2001)

• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)

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 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• February 15 » Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

The temperature on January 29, 1949 was between -3.2 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.