About the day » Saturday March 26, 1949Calender converter

• Victor Jozef Martha Somers, Mechelen († 1971)
• Cornelia Arnolda Engelina van der Linden, Wijk bij Duurstede († 2013)
• Regina Lou Fox, Fairmont, Marion Cnty, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Alexander Constans Bobbink, Rheden († 1992)
• Herman Kreekel, Apeldoorn († 1950)
• Hans Brak, Alkmaar († 2009)
• Gertruda J. Maria Baars, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Otto Willem Kars, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Ricky Lee HANCOCK, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Johannes Franciscus Theodorus Maria van 't Schip, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• adriantje GROENEWEG (80), rotterdam
• Aaldert de Jongh (70), Gorinchem
• Andries Douwes DIJKSTRA (69), Workum Friesland Netherlands
• Antje Pieters Tjeerdsma (70), Barradeel, Netherlands
• Antke van Dijk (85), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana de Mos (90), Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lodowica van de Velde (90), Voorburg
• Antonia Johanna (To) Pouw (82), Amsterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Geertruida Smoor (69), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Rebecca Williamson (90), Christian County, Illinois, United States of America

• 1948 » Kyung-wha Chung, South Korean violinist and educator
• 1948 » Richard Tandy, English pianist and keyboard player (Electric Light Orchestra)
• 1948 » Steven Tyler, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1949 » Ernest Lee Thomas, American actor
• 1949 » Fran Sheehan, American bass player
• 1949 » Jon English, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 2016)
• 1949 » Patrick Süskind, German author and screenwriter
• 1949 » Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• 1949 » Vicki Lawrence, American actress, comedian, talk show host, and singer
• 1950 » Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter († 2010)

• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)

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 15 » Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
• February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

The temperature on March 26, 1949 was between 2.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.