About the day » Sunday July 2, 1950Calender converter

• Arie Peter Kreukniet, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Maria Catharina (Marie) Post, Nieuw Amsterdam († 2018)
• Johanna Maria (Joke) Eeken, Heerhugowaard († 2011)
• Levenloos Geboren Kind Schroo, Arnhem, GL († 1950)
• Thomas English, Summit Union, New Jersey († 1984)
• William Louis Templin, Sturgis, St Joseph, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Jozef Frans Rottiers, Bornem († 2010)
• Daniëlle, Colette ROOSEMONT, De Panne,8660,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2010)
• Gerrit Lucaszn. Dijksma, Sintjohannesga, De Fryske Marren, Fryslân, Nederland († 2015)
• INGRID TOCK († 2001)

• Adolf Fredrik Nilsson (83), USA
• Cornelia Margaretha Kaufman (55), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Obdam (89), Alkmaar
• Anna Catharina Offermans (69), Amstenrade, Limburg, Niederlande
• Aaltje Kuper (73), Enschede, Nederland
• Cäsar Konrad Theodor August Schmidt (69), Bad Kreuznach, Deutschland
• Akke Jans Haitsma (1), Gaast, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Derk Adriaan Pieper (79), Brummen
• Arnold Joseph Jeandarme (83), Mielen-boven-Aalst, België
• ,Elizabeth Jacoba Zuur (37), Den Haag, Nederland

• 1946 » Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1947 » Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Jon Trickett, English politician
• 1950 » Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic
• 1952 » Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach
• 1952 » Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist († 2002)

• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)

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.
• 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.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
• December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The temperature on July 2, 1950 was between 7.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.