About the day » Friday June 3, 1949Calender converter

• Margaretha (greetje) Runderkamp, Volendam, Nederland († 1950)
• Adriaan Johannes Maria Postma, Sint Nicolaasga († 2018)
• Harry Jean Joseph Elisabeth BEMONG, Rekem,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 1998)
• Marian Stensen, Bussum, Nederland († 1989)
• Maria Talsma, Hemelum († 2020)
• Jan Jacobus Kik, Nieuwerkerk († 1953)
• Hermanus-Franciscus van der Veldt, Haarlemmermeer († 1990)
• Joel Robert Pierre MENUET, Sallertaine, 85300, France († 1949)
• Susan Anne Fisher, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 2013)
• Oene Dam, Veenklooster († 2002)

• Aaltje Dirk Jans Booy (42), Dwingeloo
• Adriana van Broekhoven (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arend Lageman (45), Groningen
• Beatrice Powell (51), Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Adam de Graaf (29), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arendje Dekker (58), Rotterdam
• Anna den Boer (72), Brielle
• Aaltje Johannes Meulen (79), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Booij (42), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Boskamp (79), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
• 1947 » Mickey Finn, English drummer († 2003)
• 1948 » Jan Reker, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1950 » Christos Verelis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of Transport and Communications
• 1950 » Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman († 2013)
• 1950 » Larry Probst, American businessman
• 1950 » Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1950 » Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress

• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Turkish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Pope John XXIII (b. 1881)
• 1964 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (b. 1887)
• 1969 » George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (b. 1883)

• 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.
• July 1 » The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family.
• July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
• August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.

The temperature on June 3, 1949 was between 7.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.