About the day » Thursday January 5, 1950Calender converter

• N.N. van EGMOND, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Martijntje Pieternella Evengroen, Gouderak († 2003)
• Barbara J. Farmer Hail, Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Gerard Tabak, Hilversum († 1987)
• Wilhelmus Goedvree
• Jennie Pete Németh, Middelaar (N-Limb) († 1985)
• Joanna Antonia Maria Peters († 1969)
• Cornelia Maria Krukkert († 2013)
• Adriaan Lambertus Kik, Nieuwerkerk († 1953)
• Eveline Herriëtte Theodora Meuge

• Amanda C. Hill (84), Blount County, Alabama
• Anna Catharina Jansen (82), Quincy
• Anje Bastiaans (84), Nieuwolda
• Adriana Johanna Bekkers (68), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Rosalina Albertina Nilsen Malmros (51), Kampen
• Backx, Steenbergen
• Adelbertus Miltenburg (76), Schalkwijk
• Arjaantje LUIME Jdr (63), Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Augustine Marie Rose CHEDEMAIL (72), Janzé, 35150, France
• Alida Zaalberg (68), Leiden

• 1946 » Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman
• 1947 » Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio
• 1950 » Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author († 1991)
• 1950 » John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1950 » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1952 » Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 1953 » George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1953 » Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
• 1953 » Pamela Sue Martin, American actress

• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)

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. Adrianus
15. Wilhelmus
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 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
• August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• 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.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The temperature on January 5, 1950 was between 2.8 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.