About the day » Monday August 21, 1950Calender converter

• Michael Stubbe, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2006)
• Tjitte Bouius († 1994)
• Wouter Hooikaas († 1999)
• Gerardus Johannes Keesoom, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2015)
• NN Brouwers, Beek en Donk († 1950)
• Linda Ann Stremming **** († 2015)
• martha jacoba van nienhuijs, helden-panningen
• Marcel Andr‚ Kodde, Middelburg († 2008)
• Piet Rooze († 2021)
• Loes Poort († 1972)

• Antonius Leonardus Lambertus Henkes (63), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Wilhelmine Winkelhage (50)
• Catharina van Delft (83), 's Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan de Lange (62), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Amos Weimer (84), Muncie, Delaware, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Carlos Harris <sKsObBu>1 +Fg http:www.findagrave.comcgi-binfg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86434862 (83), Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina
• Catharina van Delft (83), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Carl Heinrich "Charles" Edeler (90), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Slijkhuis (81), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Jense (2)

• 1949 » Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic
• 1949 » Loretta Devine, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model
• 1951 » Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician
• 1951 » Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist
• 1951 » Yana Mintoff, Maltese politician, economist and educator
• 1952 » Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator
• 1952 » Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
• 1952 » Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2002)
• 1952 » Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer

• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

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.
• March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
• 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 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.

The temperature on August 21, 1950 was between 13.2 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.