About the day » Wednesday October 12, 1949Calender converter

• Lois Jean Bleeker, South Dakota (State) († 1949)
• Johannes Bernardus Gerardus Rohling, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1981)
• Beverly Kay WILLIAMS, Eden, Erie NY (USA) lives 2005 boston/HAMBURG NY (USA) († 2012)
• Allen Wendell COOK, Portsmouth, OH
• Jacob John Bodnar, Prince George
• Angela BULLER, Hasselfelde,38899,Landkreis Harz,SACHSEN-ANHALT,DEUTSCHLAND († 1950)
• Eduardo Den Hartog († 1949)
• Jacques Leonard (Jacques) VROOMEN, Liege (B) († 2020)
• Cornelia Koot, Leiderdorp († 1957)
• Marilyn Anne Morris, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, Verenigde Staten († 1996)

• Adriaan den Boer (80), Hooge-en Lage Zwaluwe
• Anna Maria Elizabeth van der Horst (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Geltmeyer, Hulst
• Arend Jacobsz van Duijvenbode (51), Amsterdam
• Antje Reitzes Dijkstra (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Reynolds (67)
• Albert Raven (64), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Dijkstra (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Jellema (74), Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Bijsterveld (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Chris Wallace, American journalist
• 1948 » John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
• 1948 » Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1949 » Carlos the Jackal, Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
• 1949 » Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach
• 1949 » Paul Went, English footballer and manager († 2017)
• 1950 » Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming
• 1950 » Susan Anton, American actress and model
• 1951 » Ed Royce, American businessman and politician
• 1951 » Sally Little, South African-American golfer

• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)

• 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.
• February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
• 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.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.

The temperature on October 12, 1949 was between 8.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.