About the day » Sunday January 15, 1950Calender converter

• Ricky Lewis Guinn, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Theodorus Hendricus Johannes A. Hoogervorst, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Ellie Jannie van den Vlekkert, Epe (GL) († 2019)
• Doodgeboren kind Kerstens, Breda († 1950)
• Leonard James GETTYS, Vicksburg, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Hilde Van de Maele, Kortrijk, Belgiê († 2016)
• Johanna Petronella Maria van Dravik, ,, Achthuizen, Nederland († 2006)
• Esselina Maria Bobbink, Zutphen
• Egidius Wilhelmus Johannes Voermans, Gilze en Rijen († 1952)
• Annie Feenstra († 1973)

• Cornelis Philippus van den Beukel (61), Monster
• Anna Schep (79), Lopik
• Adolphus Johns Basinger (95)
• Anna Hubertina Smeets (77), Beek (L)
• Bernardina Maria Reelick (68), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Evers (72), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bennett Wesley [Wk ||| FgmctSardisCBu] (0)
• Antonius Snoeijs (89), Breda
• Albert B Rakers (68), Jefferson City, Missouri (USA)
• Annechien Kregel (80), Norg

• 1947 » Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
• 1948 » Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter († 1977)
• 1949 » Alasdair Liddell, English businessman († 2012)
• 1949 » Howard Twitty, American golfer
• 1949 » Ian Stewart, Scottish runner
• 1949 » Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican-American baseball player († 2001)
• 1950 » Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach
• 1952 » Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
• 1952 » Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter

• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
• 1959 » Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)

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.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The temperature on January 15, 1950 was between 6.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.