About the day » Thursday March 10, 1949Calender converter

• Aaltje Jansen, Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Leendert Paul Kramer, Rhenen († 1974)
• Alice Martina OVING, Assen, Drenthe, NEDERLAND († 2010)
• Arie Willem Verkerk, Culemborg (GL) († 2024)
• Alida Ling Chiu, amsterdam, Nederland († 2015)
• Antonia Hendrika JANSEN, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2018)
• Frans,Hendrik Labudzik, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Johanna Cristina Sijkens, Geldrop († 1963)
• Leentje de Mol, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Joanna Emilia Maria Haesen, Mol († 2017)

• Anne Hettes BOONSTRA (76), Koudum (Hemelumer Oldefaert) Friesland Netherlands
• Aart van Ingen (77), Ede
• Aafje Groot (63), Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Aafje Groot (63)
• Albert Jacobus Christiaan Pieter Frederik Baidenmann (60), Tjomal (Ned. Ind)
• Antonius van Gerwe (76), Beek en Donk, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Steunenberg (72), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Hettes Boonstra (76), Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinette Margaretha Eichholtz (58)
• Anthonius Labee

• 1943 » Peter Berresford Ellis, English historian and author
• 1945 » Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
• 1945 » Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways († 2001)
• 1946 » Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist
• 1946 » Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
• 1947 » Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 » Tom Scholz, American rock musician (Boston)
• 1948 » Austin Carr, American basketball player
• 1952 » Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe († 2018)
• 1953 » Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)

• 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 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
• May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
• June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.

The temperature on March 10, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.