Discover what happened on 2 January 1949 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Dynam-Victor Fumet (French musician)
- Jock McNab (Scottish footballer (1894-1949))
- Emarel Freshel (American designer and vegetarian activist)
- Harold Grimwade (Australian general (1869-1949))
- Victor Fortune (British Army general (1883-1949))
- Hermann Uhlfelder (German architect)
- Oskar Zeller (German non-fiction writer (1863-1949))
- Rue J. Alexander (American politician (1889-1949))
- Arthur Mann (Australian rules footballer (1889–1949))
- Luigi Ferrari (Italian librarian (1878-1949))
- Lahilahi Webb (Hawaiian royal lady-in-waiting)
- Sergey Alexandrovich Zakharov (Russian Soviet soil scientist (1878-1949))
- Zahid Suhrawardy (Bengali lawyer)
- Richard Albert Wilson (Canadian educator and author)
- G. van de Klashorst (Dutch photographer)
- Geoffrey Smith ((1889-1949))
- Albert Laurence Pleydell-Bouverie ((1904-1949))
- Ethel Marion Smith ((1865-1949))
- Gertrude Emily Rose Price ((died 1949))
- Margaret Beaufort St. John ((1875-1949))
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- Anna Augusta Dutt (unpublished Swedish writer)
- Clayton Arbuthnot Lane (British military surgeon; active in the Indian Medical Service)
- Edwin Hermus Holthouse (British surgeon)
- Pierre Malingie
- Fredericus Nagant
- Dynam-Victor Fumet (French musician)
- Jock McNab (Scottish footballer (1894-1949))
- Emarel Freshel (American designer and vegetarian activist)
- Harold Grimwade (Australian general (1869-1949))
- Victor Fortune (British Army general (1883-1949))
- Hermann Uhlfelder (German architect)
- Oskar Zeller (German non-fiction writer (1863-1949))
- Rue J. Alexander (American politician (1889-1949))
- Arthur Mann (Australian rules footballer (1889–1949))
- Luigi Ferrari (Italian librarian (1878-1949))
- Lahilahi Webb (Hawaiian royal lady-in-waiting)
- Sergey Alexandrovich Zakharov (Russian Soviet soil scientist (1878-1949))