About the day » Saturday December 30, 1950Calender converter

• Richard Dennis Todd ?****, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Hillechiena Reintina Willemina Boekhoudt, Groningen († 1951)
• Jannetje Maria (Jannie) Tol, Rockanje, Nederland († 2004)
• Jose van der Kaa, Oosterhout († 1998)
• Dirkje Lodewica Kraak, Tiel († 2017)
• Jozef Johannes Maria Winkens, Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Johnny Juan Tobar, Italy Texas († 2011)
• Cees Donkersloot († 2010)
• Gerarda Gentjens, Pulderbos († 2016)
• Gerrit-Jan van Toly, Zwollerkerspel († 2013)

• Anna S 1 Asbill (76), Dripping Springs, Crawford, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Eigenraam (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Stokroos (35), Boerakker
• Charlotte Cornelia Helena van der Velden (57), Berkel Rodenrijs, Nederland
• (2) Johanna Helena Hendrika Lindeman, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Christianus Antonius Verwaaijen (57), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Bernard Clark (65), Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia
• Anna Johanna Cornela Taverne (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van der Lugt (92), Vlaardingen
• Antonius Josephus Maria van Laarhoven (53), Raamsdonk

• 1948 » Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director († 1996)
• 1949 » David Bedford, English runner
• 1949 » Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance († 2014)
• 1950 » Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
• 1950 » Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
• 1950 » Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
• 1950 » Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
• 1951 » Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
• 1951 » Nick Rose, English runner

• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)

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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

The temperature on December 30, 1950 was between -13.3 °C and -7.1 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.