About the day » Friday October 28, 1949Calender converter

• Hielke Hendericus Kramer, Joure, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Gerrit de Mol, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Doodgeboren kind Denissen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Marijke Heerbaart († 1980)
• Marinus DAMEN, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Dominicus Franciscus Galama, Bolsward († 2001)
• Elisabeth Magdalena Maria de Maat, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Antonie Brandsma, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Aloisius Johannes Wilhelmus Verdonschot, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Dominicus Jacobs Galama († 2001)

• Antje Delstra (76), Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• cornelis (kees) crommentuijn (31), deurne
• Bouwina Buikema (51), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
• Cornelia Mannee (65), Rotterdam
• Andreas Tjaarda (75), Middelburg
• Anna Maria Ludovica Vanstraelen (85), Nieuwerkerken, België
• Albert Joseph PARMENTIER (84), Beauvais, 60057, Oise, Picardie, France
• Alida Jacoba Zonneveld (65), Arnhem
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Bijvoet (3)
• Antje Doves (Daves) (65), Schagen

• 1946 » John Hewson, Australian economist and politician
• 1946 » Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet and academic
• 1946 » Wim Jansen, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1948 » Telma Hopkins, American singer and actress
• 1949 » Caitlyn Jenner, American decathlete and actress
• 1950 » Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist
• 1950 » Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist
• 1951 » Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
• 1951 » Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
• 1952 » Tuck Andress, American jazz guitarist

• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)

• 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 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• 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.
• December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.

The temperature on October 28, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.