About the day » Thursday December 7, 1950Calender converter

• Willie Anna Afke van der Schaar († 2014)
• Ans Musters, Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Jansje Ramaker, Radewijk, Overijssel, Nederland († 1950)
• Monique Colette Calès, La Sauve,33670,Gironde,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,FRANCE († 2017)
• Albert Benedict Koebel, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky († 1991)
• Lynn Alan FOLKENS, Graceville († 1995)
• Gordon Lee Aswegan, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2013)
• Byron Jerome BOUTEN, Spokane,Spokane County,Wash.,United States († 2004)
• Jacobus Profijt, Hollandscheveld/Hoogeveen († 1952)
• Hermen Mennes Bijl, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Arend Polhout (78), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Binéus Gerhardi Sissingh (73), Stadskanaal
• Adriana Cornelia Talle (69), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Annys (83), Alveringem,8690,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Carolus Ludovicus (Karel) DENOO (84), Torhout
• Christianus Willebrordus van den Heuvel (66), Nijmegen
• Antoinetta van Haeren (83), Gendt
• Carolus Ludovicus Denoo (84), Torhout
• Arend Polhout (78), Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Cornelis KUITER (78), Texel, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Anne Fine, English author
• 1947 » James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
• 1947 » Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor
• 1948 » Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
• 1949 » James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
• 1949 » Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1950 » Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1952 » Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
• 1952 » Susan Collins, American politician, senior senator of Maine

• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)

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. Marianne
11. Adriana
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.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
• September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

The temperature on December 7, 1950 was between 0.2 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.