About the day » Thursday March 24, 1949Calender converter

• Roger Allen Boomsma, Alameda, Alameda County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Willem van der Leij, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Dana Marie Todd **** († 2017)
• Cheryl Louise Florek, Flushing Queens, NY († 2004)
• Sandra Margaret HOW († 1999)
• Sharolyn Jolene Pratt, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Willem VERMEER, Schiedam († 1968)
• N.N. Hombergen, Nijmegen († 1949)
• Willy Jansen, Dinxperlo († 2022)
• Patty Campbell, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2000)

• Andre Janknegt (22)
• Aaltjen Goolkate (76), enschede
• Adrianus Antonius Antonissen (74), Rucphen
• Abraham de Hullu (76), Oostburg
• Albertje STRIJK (54), Smalbroek (Beilen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Helena Wilhelmina van Iterson (79), Utrecht
• Anne van Popta (58), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Alijda van de Ven (74), Tielburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• adrianus dirk de VROEDT (71), oud-beijerland
• Anna Léonie Thiemann (0), Maastricht

• 1948 » Javier Diez Canseco, Peruvian sociologist and politician († 2013)
• 1948 » Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer († 1989)
• 1948 » Lee Oskar, Jewish-Danish musician
• 1949 » Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian academic and politician, 36th Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran
• 1949 » Nick Lowe, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1949 » Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• 1949 » Ruud Krol, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1949 » Steve Lang, Canadian bass player (April Wine) († 2017)
• 1949 » Tabitha King, American author and poet
• 1950 » Gary Wichard, American football player and agent († 2011)

• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)

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.
• 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.
• March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
• November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on March 24, 1949 was between 3.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.