About the day » Saturday September 3, 1949Calender converter

• George Don, Vlaardingen († 2015)
• Petrus Maria Albertus van der Horst, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francina Maria Jacoba de Jongh, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Cato Johanna Catharina Janssen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Francisca Maria Jacoba de Jongh, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1989)
• Hendrikje (Henny) van der Haar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Jerry L Mulder, IA, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Francisca Hillechiena Honing († 2005)
• Maria Middelburg, Naaldwijk († 1957)
• Armand Convents, Zolder, België († 2017)

• Hogerhorst (72)
• Alfred Erwin Otto von Harras (60), Soerabaja
• Alice Maude Hamilton (89), Barrackville, Marion, West Virginia, United States
• Cornelia Hol, Wame
• Alida Christina de Jongh (69), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertruda Dijmphna Nefkens (77), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Barbara Leenes (65), Ootmarsum
• Alfred Erwin Otto von Harras (60), Surabaya, East Java, Indonesië
• Albert Edward Ranson (58), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• Vendelmans (0), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1947 » Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
• 1947 » Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
• 1947 » Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
• 1948 » Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1948 » Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia († 2008)
• 1948 » Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
• 1949 » José Pékerman, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1949 » Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria († 2004)
• 1950 » Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)

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.
• April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
• September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
• November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
• December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
• 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 September 3, 1949 was between 11.8 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.