About the day » Wednesday April 26, 1950Calender converter

• Larry Dean Sietstra, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• NN (tweeling) Niewenweg, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Gijsbert (Daan) van Wijngaarden, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1950)
• Hendri Henri de Windt, Den Haag († 2006)
• Francis LETERME, Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 2022)
• Anna Christina Keijser, Texel († 2022)
• Carolyn Alane Wallace, Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Gerda de Mul, Philippine († 2009)
• Antonia Maria Koekenbier, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 2010)

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• Anna Catharina Op de Coul (89), Echt
• Anna Maria Antoinetta Coumans (64), Alm (Veldhoven)
• Arendina van Houttum (86)
• Berend Everts Riekena (91)
• Adrianus van den Berg (73), Leende
• Arjaantje NUIJ Ddr (81), Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Arendina van Houtum (86), Ermelo
• Babje Alida Bruijne Bruyne (75), Beuningen
• Adrianus Aart Andeweg (44), Rotterdam

• 1945 » Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1945 » Howard Davies, English director and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1946 » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 » Ralph Coates, English international footballer († 2010)
• 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler († 1995)
• 1951 » John Battle, English politician
• 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player

• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)

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 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
• July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.

The temperature on April 26, 1950 was between -1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.