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Birthday March 2, 1949

• The temperature on March 2, 1949 was between -2.1 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
• 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).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
  • March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
  • April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
  • September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
  • September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
  • December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1948 » Carmen Lawrence, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Western Australia
• 1948 » Jeff Kennett, Australian journalist and politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
• 1948 » Larry Carlton, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1948 » Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1995)
• 1950 » Karen Carpenter, American singer († 1983)