About the day » Tuesday April 26, 1949Calender converter

• Jan Wouters, Tilburg
• Martin Herman Wevers, marienberg († 2021)
• Robert Hans Swensen, Batavia, West-Java († 1994)
• Edward Schade, Amsterdam († 1950)
• Sharon Artha Williams
• doodgeboren kind Paping († 1949)
• Dirk Jacobus Pols, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendrik ten Kate f, Hoogeveen {DR} († 1951)
• Adriana Cornelia Paans, Zwijndrecht († 1949)
• Elisabeth "Els" van Hensbergen, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)

• Adriana de Zwarte (79), Kortgene
• Adriana Johanna Verduijn (72), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Aagje de Wolf (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Dongen (62), Schiedam
• Adriana Lamberta van HEEL (2), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice St. George Schoonover (43)
• Adrianus Johannes Dominicus Van Vonderen (49), Schiedam
• Bernardus Coenradus Herman Plieger (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bastiaantje LOOSBROEK (75), Rotterdam, Nederland
• (Hubertina) Maria Agnes Haegmans Haagmans (74), Schinnen

• 1944 » Richard Bradshaw, English conductor († 2007)
• 1945 » Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1945 » Howard Davies, English director and producer († 2016)
• 1945 » Sylvain Simard, Canadian academic and politician
• 1946 » Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1946 » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 » Ralph Coates, English international footballer († 2010)
• 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler († 1995)
• 1951 » John Battle, English politician

• 1934 » Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)
• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)

• 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.
• January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
• September 4 » The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
• October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
• December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

The temperature on April 26, 1949 was between 3.1 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.