About the day » Tuesday May 3, 1949Calender converter

• Gerard Evert Oudt, Blokker († 2008)
• Jan de Heer, Papendrecht († 1949)
• Kees TOL († 2021)
• Annelies Admiraal, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Monica Sangster († 2006)
• Kenneth van der Kamp, Hammond, IN
• NN Feunekes, Groningen († 1949)
• michiel gertrudis joseph (giel) joosten, helden-koningslust († 2023)
• Jozef Joannes Alfons Vandeweyer († 1999)
• Jacob Elzinga, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)

• Alice Mary Rothschild (69), Rochester,, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Caroline Fachine Kuehn (96), Albion Township
• Arend Nijborg (4), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Jans Dam (64), Drachtster Compagnie, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks (75), Emmen
• Antje Dam (64), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Vollaard (35), Rotterdam
• AEerde Pieters Koopmans (77), Leeuwarden
• Arie Brussaard (72), 's-Gravenhage
• Catherine "Cup" O'Shaughnessy (74), Moig, Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland

• 1947 » Doug Henning, Canadian magician († 2000)
• 1948 » Chris Mulkey, American actor
• 1948 » Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer († 2008)
• 1949 » Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
• 1949 » Ron Wyden, American academic and politician
• 1949 » Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician
• 1950 » Dag Arnesen, Norwegian pianist and composer
• 1950 » Mary Hopkin, Welsh singer-songwriter
• 1951 » Alan Clayson, English singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1951 » Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)

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.
• January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
• February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
• August 24 » The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.

The temperature on May 3, 1949 was between 6.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.