About the day » Monday August 15, 1949Calender converter

• José Jacob Hoffmann, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2003)
• Christine Diane Bais, Sydney († 1985)
• Robbert Bouke Braaksma, Leeuwarden († 2014)
• H(Hetty) oude Tijdhof, Oldenzaal († 2016)
• J.H.M. (Annemie) Vogels, 's-Hertogenbosch
• N.N. Verhoef, Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adolph Bernard Spreckels III, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 1977)
• Virginia Ana Anglin Anglin Gordon († 2017)
• Robert Caleb Fulton, West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania († 1949)
• Peter Douglas WESCOMBE, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2006)

• Catharina Beljaars (Beljaers) (83), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Antonia Timmermans (85), Apeldoorn
• Antje Arjens Veltman (88), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Arjens Veltman (88), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Age Wybes Jongbloed (57), Wijtgaard
• Cornelis Johannes Hendricus HOOGLAND (58), Haag
• Adrianus Boender (58), Maassluis
• Antonia Willemina van Mierlo (37), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alden 'Bert' Corbin (70)
• Catharina Beljaars (83), Breda

• 1946 » Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 » Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress
• 1948 » Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1948 » Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1950 » Tom Kelly, American baseball player
• 1950 » Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
• 1951 » Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 » Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » John Childs, English cricketer

• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)

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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
• April 1 » Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
• May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
• November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.

The temperature on August 15, 1949 was between 9.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.