About the day » Tuesday November 8, 1949Calender converter

• C. Eric Fennema, Roseland, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jan Jacob van Veen, sneek († 1983)
• Klaasje Stevens, Hooghalen (Beilen) († 1992)
• Trijny Wildschut, Joure († 2001)
• johannes wilhelmus (jan) vercoulen, helden-grashoek
• Jan Remmers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Marginus(Ginus) Veldkamp, Wapenveld(Gem.Heerde.) († 2016)
• Adrianus Theodorus Henri van der Maat, Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Abraham van der Zwart, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Klaasje Stevens, Hooghalen (gem. Beilen) († 1992)

• Barend Silvis (61), Velsen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• (78)
• Bartel Sytzes Kootstra (85), Kooten
• Beekien Benjamins (78), Dalen
• Arentje Trip (58), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldina Arts (76), Valkenswaard, Nederland
• Agnès Maria VANDENBERGHE (35), Houtem, 8630, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• *Geertruij van Wijck (79), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Theodora Maria van Grinten (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Heinrich van Kruiselbergen (75), Amsterdam, Nederland

• 1947 » Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon († 2013)
• 1947 » Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut
• 1947 » Michael Perham, English bishop († 2017)
• 1947 » Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1948 » Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut († 2014)
• 1949 » Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist
• 1950 » Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
• 1951 » Gerald Alston, American R&B singer
• 1951 » Larry Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)

• 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 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.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• May 4 » The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.

The temperature on November 8, 1949 was between 2.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 14.7 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.