About the day » Saturday September 23, 1950Calender converter

• Michiel Cnossen, Oldehove, gr.nld († 1951)
• David James Carr, unbekannt († 2007)
• Sjef van Seters († 2018)
• Jan Bood († 2013)
• Larry Duane van Wyngarden, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2017)
• Stuart Hammond PAUL, Long Beach California, USA,-, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• 'n Levenloos geboren kind van Koeleman, Mijdrecht († 1950)
• Gerrit Brouwer († 2007)
• Antonius Cornelius Maria de Jong, Gilze en Rijen († 2005)
• Marijke van Diesen († 2019)

• Alida Snel (86), Ouder-Amstel
• Aaltje Beers (71), Heerhugowaard
• Alida Mulder (74), Gouda
• Arie Meinster (83), Haarlem, 2001, Nederland
• Bonaventura Vanhamel (77), Zonhoven, 3520, België
• Anathole MORAND (46), La Roche-sur-Foron, France
• Anna Maria Versteegen (76), Leiden
• Arie Jacobus MacLean (67), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Bernardina Leonarda Antonia Geerards (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Wilhelmina Schakenraad (60), 's Hertogenbosch

• 1948 » Dan Toler, American guitarist († 2013)
• 1949 » Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
• 1949 » Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1950 » George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
• 1951 » Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter († 2012)
• 1952 » Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
• 1952 » Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
• 1952 » Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Mark Bego, American author

• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)

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.
• March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
• September 23 » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

The temperature on September 23, 1950 was between 8.8 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.