About the day » Monday February 14, 1949Calender converter

• Erlinda Lopez, Imperial, Imperial, California, United States († 2006)
• Donald W "Don" Carncross, fortasse, somewhere in MI († 1995)
• Annemieke Hasselo († 2007)
• Fake Slot, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1979)
• Jannes van de Beek, Barneveld († 2024)
• Elsina Talea Broers, amsterdam, Nederland († 1950)
• Marie Maria Johanna Klappe, Vollenhove
• Levenloos geboren kind Kuijs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Levenloos kind Jansen, Harderwijk († 1949)
• Kitty van Welzen, Rotterdam († 1973)

• Abraham Barentsen (93), Vlissingen
• Adrianus Boeren (74), Amsterdam
• Albert Jan Beuzekamp (67), Deventer
• Annigje Cornelia Kazen (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• ALPHONSINE BAENS (27), ANS
• Anna Theodora Baudaer (79), Delft
• Aart van Aller (Pu) (80), Ermelo
• Adrianus Hoogenberg (63), Emmen (Gemeente Emmen) Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana IJzendoorn van (90), Renkum
• Albert WESTING (75), Bierum Groningen Netherlands

• 1946 » Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauru politician, President of Nauru († 2003)
• 1947 » Judd Gregg, American lawyer and politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
• 1947 » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1975)
• 1948 » Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer
• 1948 » Pat O'Brien, American journalist and author
• 1948 » Teller, American magician and actor
• 1948 » Wally Tax, Dutch singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1950 » Roger Fisher, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 » Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager
• 1951 » Terry Gross, American radio host and producer

• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)
• 1948 » Mordecai Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi politician (b. 1901)
• 1950 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Abdur Rab Nishtar, Pakistani politician, 2nd Governor of Punjab (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Baby Dodds, American drummer (b. 1898)

• 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 Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
• June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
• June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
• June 24 » The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

The temperature on February 14, 1949 was between 3.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.