About the day » Monday August 14, 1950Calender converter

• Hubertus Antonius Jacobs
• Francois Jacques Joseph Marie Majoie, Goirle († 1999)
• julius marie (jules) de corte, neerkant
• Larry Tjebkes, Allison, Butler County, Iowa († 2012)
• Elizabeth G. Prinsen, Arnhem († 1983)
• Frouke Vonk, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 1967)
• Anna Maria van der Helm († 1998)
• Udo Max Adriaan Horst, Den Haag († 1992)
• Catharina Cornelia Anna van der Geest, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Elisabeth Maria (Elly) Derwort, ,, Delft, Nederland († 2013)

• Anna Steffens (59), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
• Adriaantje Blok (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriano Fernandes do Amaral (80), Portao, RS, Brasil
• Albertus Jacobus Hoek (71), Leiden
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Simon (80), Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America
• Agnes ( Mundorf ) mundorff (88), Bad Godesberg
• Alexander Glennie Heriot (81)
• August Henry Kuehl (44), San Diego, San Diego Co., California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Jacquot (80), Groningen
• Arie Wit (94), Schagen, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Bruce Nash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 » Maddy Prior, English folk singer
• 1948 » Bruce Thomas, English bass player and author
• 1948 » Terry Adams, American pianist and composer
• 1949 » Morten Olsen, Danish footballer and coach
• 1950 » Gary Larson, American cartoonist
• 1951 » Norbert Hofmann, German footballer and manager
• 1951 » Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• 1952 » John McCutcheon, American folksinger

• 1941 » Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)

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.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
• August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

The temperature on August 14, 1950 was between 11.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.