About the day » Saturday August 12, 1950Calender converter

• Rita Jane Orr, Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States († 1950)
• Cornelis Paulina Withagen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2023)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1950)
• Yvonne Biljard († 1950)
• N.N. Genders, Maastricht († 1950)
• Dirk Jan Lemckert († 2011)
• Christian Willem Buijs, Klundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Catharina Vet, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Johnny Joe Hamblin, Minden, Kearney, Nebraska (USA) († 1998)
• Aaltje (Ankje) HOUKES, Noordwolde Groningen Netherlands († 1982)

• Bernadine Petronella (Dientje) van Laake (68), Pannerden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltien Geerts Jonker (81), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berendina van den Dijk (77), Almelo
• Mol (74), Hoogeveen
• Amalie Legsdin (72)
• 570 Jacob Rietdijk (78), Rockanje, Nederland
• Bastiaan Antoon Wilhelm Bleekstijn (70), Den Haag
• Andries Sloos (61), Oegstgeest
• Anna Catharina Thys (54), Antwerpen, Eeuwfeestkliniek, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Andries Mol (74), Hoogeveen, Nederland

• 1948 » Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1949 » Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1949 » Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer († 2012)
• 1949 » Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
• 1949 » Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
• 1950 » August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 1950 » George McGinnis, American basketball player
• 1950 » Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player

• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Robert
7. Gerrit
8. Pieter
9. Peter
10. Dirk
11. Petrus
12. Jacob
13. Jacobus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Cornelia
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Adriana
11. Marianne
12. Margaretha
13. Mary
14. Linda
15. Jacoba
16. Geertruida

• 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 10.0 million citizens.
• January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
• July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

The temperature on August 12, 1950 was between 10.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.