About the day » Monday May 23, 1949Calender converter

• Pixie Laurine Wilson († 2015)
• Randall Ray Rhoads, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2023)
• Willem Mulderij, Utrecht († 2000)
• N.n. van Luijk, Rotterdam († 1949)
• James Lowell Maifield, Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa († 2002)
• Geertje Bakker, Wetering († 1949)
• David Lee Onken, Nobles County, Minnesota († 1963)
• Annie Michelle Pierrette BOENS, Rosendael (59510) Frankrijk († 2018)
• M.M.C(Mathilde) Wieffer, Hengelo(O) († 1985)
• Margje van EIKENHORST, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• Anna Cornelia Sprangers (87)
• Bastiaan Hogenes (60), Batavia, Mil. hospitaal
• (73), Breda
• Alberta Helena van Akkeren (69), Heerlen, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Adel Boulanger (69), Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin
• Agnes Maria Schous (68), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend (2) van den Bos (48), Rotterdam
• Ariena Meijler (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Christina Sophia Helsloot (83), Amstelveen
• Adriaan Gerrit Middelkoop (81), 's-gravenhage (zuid holland)

• 1945 » Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author († 1991)
• 1946 » David Graham, Australian golfer
• 1947 » Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator († 1995)
• 1948 » Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
• 1949 » Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru († 2019)
• 1949 » Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
• 1950 » Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2017)
• 1951 » Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player
• 1951 » Antonis Samaras, Greek economist and politician, 185th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 » Martin Parr, English photographer and journalist

• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)

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 18 » The Republic of Ireland Act comes into effect.
• 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.
• August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
• October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
• 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 May 23, 1949 was between 9.4 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.