About the day » Saturday April 9, 1949Calender converter

• Annie Hendrika Antonissen, Lommel († 2019)
• Geert Geertsma, Lippenhuizen Opsterland Fryslân Nederland († 2012)
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Rijnsburger, Ter Aar († 1949)
• Geert Geertsma, Lippenhuizen, Opsterland († 2012)
• Charles Wayne van Waardhuizen, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2007)
• Nora Fictoor, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Johannes Harmanus van DALEN, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• N.N. Hol, Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1949)
• Johannes Bosscher, Rheezerveen († 2004)
• Betsy De Wit, Bornem († 2012)

• Claire Julie VAN DER OUDERMEULEN (85), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Anje Haaksma (76), Ulrum, NL-GR
• Albert Oosterveen (78), De Bilt
• Anthonie Dekker (68), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anne ('Anno') van der Aarde (84), Sanborn (O'Brien), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Christina Wilhelmina Alberta Berdina Huisen (45), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Muller (75), Arnhem
• Bettie Elizabeth Willhite (80), Dallas, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Bartlett CRAM (84), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Adenia L Woodard (54), Lane Co. Oregon

• 1946 » Alan Knott, English cricketer
• 1946 » David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1946 » Nate Colbert, American baseball player
• 1946 » Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician
• 1947 » Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
• 1948 » Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 » Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Patty Pravo, Italian singer
• 1949 » Tony Cragg, English sculptor
• 1952 » Robert Clark, American author

• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)

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.
• March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
• June 5 » Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
• 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.
• November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
• 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.
• December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

The temperature on April 9, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.