About the day » Saturday June 4, 1949Calender converter

• Alle Anne van der Bij, Alkmaar († 2014)
• Glen Ross Taylor, El Paso, TX († 1979)
• Bradley Allen Geisler, Palo Alto, California
• Levenloos geboren dochter, Deventer († 1949)
• Gerardus Kremer, Hardenberg († 2016)
• Doodgeboren kind van den Hooven, Helvoirt († 1949)
• kind Schuijers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Grada Geertruida van Dam, Wageningen, Nederland († 2012)
• Mia Gijsberts, Horst († 1998)
• Josephina Margaretha Verdoes, Wassenaar († 1956)

• Anna Cornelia ROMMERS (52), Oudenbosch, Halderberge, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertine Francesca Storm Buijsing (72), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Hendrika Tammerijn (70), 's Gravenhage
• Alphonsia Maria Hendriks (71), Arnhem
• Anna Judith Canton, Geleen
• Albertus Jonker (63), Amersfoort
• Adriana Berendina LENSINK (0), Apeldoorn
• Albrecht Graaf van Stolberg-Wernigerode (63), Keulen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Melisse (0), Etten-Leur
• Antje BOERLAGE (93), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
• 1948 » Bob Champion, English jockey
• 1948 » Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Sandra Post, Canadian golfer and sportscaster
• 1949 » Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
• 1949 » Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop († 2012)
• 1951 » Bronisław Malinowski, Polish runner († 1981)
• 1951 » Leigh Kennedy, American author
• 1951 » Melanie Phillips, English journalist and author

• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
• 1941 » Wilhelm II, German Emperor (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Reinhard Heydrich, German SS officer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1951 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Dorothy Gish, American actress (b. 1898)

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.
• 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.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
• June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
• September 17 » The Canadian steamship SSNoronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• 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.

The temperature on June 4, 1949 was between 9.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.