About the day » Sunday December 18, 1949Calender converter

• Janice Fay Mars, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 2012)
• Theodora Maria (Door) Janssen, Koningslust,, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Jo Reekmans, Hasselt, België († 2022)
• Nn Nieuwenhuis, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1949)
• Jannie van der Kemp, Rotterdam († 2012)
• Dinand Jelte Dijkstra, Zwolle († 2018)
• Goedhart Bonefacius Westen, Zandberg († 2016)
• Godelieve Gysel, Zelzate († 1993)
• Janny Stegeman, Dwingeloo, 7991, Nederland († 1949)
• Franziska Margaretha Assing, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Alexander James Smart (74), Koolunga, SA, Australia
• Alida Liesveld (73), Leidschendam, Nederland
• Catharina de Vries * (20), Hellendoorn
• Antje Dirkje Ippel (85), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Adriana Hendrika Vissers (76), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Anna Reints (91)
• Aaltje Sybrens SIPSMA (85), Dronrijp (Menaldumadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Boudewina van den Heuvel (70), Rotterdam
• Anna de Ruiter (74), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Calvin Kilker (52), Britton, Marshall, South Dakota

• 1947 » Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian author and screenwriter
• 1948 » Bill Nelson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Laurent Voulzy, French-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Mimmo Paladino, Italian sculptor and painter
• 1949 » David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist († 1980)
• 1950 » Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Leonard Maltin, American historian, author, and critic
• 1950 » Lizmark, Mexican wrestler († 2015)
• 1950 » Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter († 2002)
• 1950 » Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lankan general and politician

• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)

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.
• January 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
• December 29 » KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

The temperature on December 18, 1949 was between 3.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.