About the day » Wednesday August 10, 1949Calender converter

• Johannes Nicolaas(1) van den Bos, Delft († 1949)
• Theunis Oostenbrug († 1988)
• NN Wieringa, Veendam († 1949)
• Grietje Lunenborg, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2021)
• NN Knubben, Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Liesbeth Vromans († 2006)
• Jillian Kathleen Cooper, 68 Rosebery Road, Edmonton, London, London, England († 1950)
• Linda Mc Donald
• Johannes Cornelis Flipse, amsterdam, Nederland († 2003)
• David Jones, Hull, Engeland († 2013)

• Aukje Gerrits Meijer (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Christina Jongkrijg (46), Wageningen
• Albert Coleta Meganck (43), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Derk de Jong (78), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Catharina van Asten (65), Sint Huibrechts Lille (B)
• Christina Jongkrijg (46), Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
• Adam G Walters (35), Northville, Wayne, Michigan (USA)
• Cornelis van Geest (63), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Elias (70), Tilburg
• Domenick Villi (54), Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1947 » Alan Ward, English cricketer
• 1947 » Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1947 » Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » John Spencer, English rugby player and manager
• 1948 » Nick Stringer, English actor
• 1950 » Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia
• 1952 » Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
• 1952 » Diane Venora, American actress
• 1954 » Peter Endrulat, German footballer

• 1945 » Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
• January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
• March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
• September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
• October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.

The temperature on August 10, 1949 was between 9.9 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.