About the day » Thursday August 10, 1950Calender converter

• Louise Margaretha Bonsel, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 2012)
• Peter Ray Block († 1950)
• Loes Bonsel, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Dr. Lorenzo Unknown, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Bert Koens († 2013)
• Magriet (Margaretha Maria Johanna) Sier, Goirle-Nederland († 2005)
• Geertje Geertsma, Amersfoort († 1969)
• Antonius M.M. Cornelissen, Gilze en Rijen († 1993)
• nn Swenne, Didam († 1950)
• Harriette Antoinette Dirkje de Jong, Sprang († 1987)

• Aukjen Keuning (84), Purmerend
• Alfred Lafayette Fate (born Sullivan) (71), Huttig, Union, Arkansas, United States
• Ruurd Eisenga (88), Arnhem
• Aleida Berends (88), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart
• Alice Elizabeth Bail (82), Rochester, Victoria, Australia
• Cecilia Weisend (88), Ohio, United States
• Awilda Lenore Shuey (89), Los Angeles, California
• Antonius Petrus Klok (64), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van Genechten (67), Eindhoven
• Cornelis Ducaneaux (84), Rotterdam

• 1947 » Alan Ward, English cricketer
• 1947 » Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1947 » Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » John Spencer, English rugby player and manager
• 1948 » Nick Stringer, English actor
• 1950 » Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 » Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia
• 1952 » Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
• 1952 » Diane Venora, American actress
• 1954 » Peter Endrulat, German footballer

• 1945 » Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1948 » Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
• 1954 » Robert Adair, American-born British actor (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (b. 1910)
• 1960 » Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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.
• January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
• November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
• 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.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on August 10, 1950 was between 12.7 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.