About the day » Tuesday January 4, 1949Calender converter

• E.A.A. Hagemans, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Gerardina Anna Elisabeth Duivenvoorden, Noordwijkerhout († 2023)
• Marie José Jasper, Den Helder († 2006)
• Linda Carol Stob
• Jaqueline Smit, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Hubertus Martinus Maria Guezen, amsterdam, Nederland († 1949)
• Daniel SEGERS, Dampremy,6000,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2017)
• Dwight Bradley van Zanen († 2012)
• N.N. Damhuis, Denekamp, 7591, Nederland († 1949)
• jozef antonius marie (jos) janssen, helden-koningslust

• Aaltje RITZEMA (69), Nietap (Roden) Drenthe Netherlands
• Anna Maria Fuhler (72), Emmen(Dr)-Barger-Oosterveld
• Annegien Busscher (49), Haulerwijk gem. Ooststellingwerf
• Adam Wijnands (72), Noordwijk
• Fokke Moolenaar (84), Sassenheim
• Anna Maria Fuhler- (72), Barger-Oostereld, Nederland
• Barbara Warinka Maria von CHELIUS (92), Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland
• Antoon Frederik Herman Bulten (78), Groenlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara de Chelius (92)
• Catharina Elizabeth Riemens (81), Terneuzen,Gemeente Terneuzen,Zeeland,Netherlands

• 1943 » Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author
• 1943 » Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator
• 1945 » Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1947 » Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic
• 1948 » Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon

• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

• 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 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.

The temperature on January 4, 1949 was between -2.0 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 9.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.