About the day » Sunday October 30, 1949Calender converter

• Arabelle Spencer-Churchill, Londen († 2007)
• Gérard van den Steen de Jehay, London († 1985)
• NN Blankevoort, Amersfoort († 1949)
• Marleen Lauwereijs, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 2004)
• Patricia Jean Seelen, Little Fals, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• Catherine Munro († 2009)
• maria johanna petronella (ria) nooijen, helden-panningen († 2011)
• Pauline
• van Gestel, Casteren
• Egbert Huisman, Willemsoord († 1950)

• Alphonsus Scheirlinck (71), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Bultema (65), Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Amels (74), Bennebroek, Nederland
• Berendje STEENBEEK (83), Kampen
• Angela Franziska Johanna Hitler (66), Hanover
• Anna Antonia van Roosmalen (76), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Oost (51), Emmen
• Bernardus Warnerus van Eldik (65), Utrecht
• Christina van den Broek (74), Winterswijk
• Albert Buisman (63), Zwolle

• 1947 » Glenn Andreotta, American soldier († 1968)
• 1947 » Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1948 » Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer
• 1949 » Larry Gene Bell, American murderer († 1996)
• 1950 » Tim Sheens, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1951 » Harry Hamlin, American actor
• 1951 » Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., American race car driver and businessman († 2000)
• 1951 » Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter

• 1933 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)

• 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 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• 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.
• April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• 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.

The temperature on October 30, 1949 was between -2.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.