About the day » Friday November 18, 1949Calender converter

• Frits Heinrich († 1999)
• David Dale Evink, Pipestone City, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Jan Slager († 1972)
• Wiebke Frika Böhme, Ellerau, Segeberg († 1996)
• Mary Carole Staub, Hanover, Beaver, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Harm Kooiker, Wayaca, Aruba († 2020)
• Jan Beverdam, Wish († 2009)
• Jan Konings, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2004)
• Arnolda Maria Elisabeth Zantvoort († 1999)
• Jitte Jacob Rijpma, Oudega (W) († 2022)

• Alexander Mackay Loder (83), Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
• Carolina Catharina Schoenmakers (76), Oudenrijn
• Aart Veldhuizen (56), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Anna Delia Boerendonk (77), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Anna Rank, (Lois Vail) (78), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Berend Zijlstra (85), Hornhuizen, gem. Kloosterburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cecilia van Veen (83), Nieuwveen
• Bertus Frederik Paetsch (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Beert Meiling (86), Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Margaretha de Winter (76), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Jameson Parker, American actor and producer
• 1947 » Timothy Maude, American general († 2001)
• 1948 » Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American sculptor and painter († 1985)
• 1948 » Andrea Marcovicci, American actress and singer
• 1948 » Jack Tatum, American football player († 2010)
• 1948 » Kongō Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler († 2014)
• 1948 » Tõnis Mägi, Estonian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Herman Rarebell, German rock drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Rudy Sarzo, Cuban-American rock bass player

• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (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 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• March 10 » Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is convicted of treason.
• May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

The temperature on November 18, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.