About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1949Calender converter

• Laurentius Leonardus Cornelius Broeders, Oosterhout
• Johannes P. Haring
• Lea Visser, Gouda († 2024)
• Josina Martina de Vries, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2013)
• Glen Allen Brouwer, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Hendrikus van Elburg († 2016)
• Dirk Langerak († 2006)
• Sherry Kay Mastbergen, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• Hub Wouters, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Sherry Kay NN († 2023)

• Catharina de Gouw (81), Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje de Bos (40), Opsterland
• anna sandrina de REGT (71)
• Anna Maria du Mee (86), Amsterdam
• Afrianus Hendrikus Kousbroek (91), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Dekker (85), Beilen (gem. Midden-Drenthe)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Van Oudheusden (80), 's-Gravenhage
• Alida de Jong (74), Roelofarendsveen
• Aloys Petrus Desmyter (74), Klerken
• Augustus Crommelinck (85), Gentbrugge

• 1941 » Eric Burdon, English musician
• 1943 » Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
• 1944 » John Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1948 » Jack Cantoni, French rugby player († 2013)
• 1948 » Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
• 1950 » Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1950 » Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor († 2014)
• 1951 » Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven

• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Jacobus
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.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

The temperature on May 11, 1949 was between 5.6 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.