About the day » Friday September 1, 1950Calender converter

• Jamie Dawn Greene, Imperial, Chase County, Nebraska († 1950)
• N.N. Heijmans, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Maxwell Raymond SMITH, Leven, Tasmania, Australia († 2009)
• Daniel COOPMAN († 1950)
• Sandra Sue Mullikin, Mason, Kentucky, United States († 1995)
• Christien Vermeulen, Roeselare († 2021)
• N.N. Elands, Gilze en Rijen († 1950)
• Anke Rouw, Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid Holland
• Gerda Imma Ouwehand, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Marianne Linnenkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Arie Jakob Schot (80), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Engels (71), Rheidt/Niederkassel
• Aaltje Loos (79), Zwolle
• Aagje van Twist (94), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Verburg (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Vonhof (74), Winterswijk
• Benjamin De Kalb McFarlin (86)
• Afie Jonker (0)
• Pieter Tjalsma (51), Offingawier
• Bartholomeus Johannes Dominicus Frederikus Lammerts (51), Eindhoven

• 1948 » Greg Errico, American drummer and producer
• 1948 » Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher († 2011)
• 1948 » Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer
• 1949 » Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician
• 1949 » Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1950 » Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1950 » Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
• 1950 » Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
• 1951 » David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1998)
• 1952 » Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer

• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)

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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
• January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• 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.

The temperature on September 1, 1950 was between 9.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.