About the day » Saturday October 22, 1949Calender converter

• Antonia Cornelia (Ton) Vermeer, Tilburg († 2004)
• Johannes Josephus Maria Arnoldus van Schayk, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1949)
• Junior Jake Folkers, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2022)
• Joanne F Huizenga, USA († 2012)
• Geertruida Margaretha Malij († 1993)
• Eduard Post, Haarlem († 1950)
• Jimmy Boyd Overy, Jackson, Mississippi († 2011)
• Hessel Leendert Baauw († 2018)
• Jacobus (Sjaak) Vermaat, Nieuw-Helvoet († 1995)
• Femmigje (Femmie) Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)

• Cornelia Albertsd Visser (75), Alkmaar
• Catharina Theodora Janssen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Visser (75), Alkmaar
• Arnoldus Joannes Wilhelmus Janssen (55)
• Alida Koot (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Aart Westerhout (82), Hardinxveld,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alena May “Lena” McCalley (56), Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Weber (67), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Remmelts (Remelts) (74), Grand Rapids
• Adolphe Hebert (87), Madawaska, Aroostook County, Maine, Verenigde Staten

• 1947 » Haley Barbour, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1947 » Raymond Bachand, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Debbie Macomber, American author
• 1948 » Mike Hendrick, English cricketer, coach, and umpire
• 1948 » Pierre Lartigue, French rally driver
• 1949 » Arsène Wenger, French footballer and manager
• 1949 » Manfred Trojahn, German flute player, composer, and conductor
• 1949 » Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1990)
• 1949 » Vasilios Magginas, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Employment († 2015)
• 1950 » Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana

• 1934 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)

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.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• 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.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

The temperature on October 22, 1949 was between 5.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.