About the day » Sunday January 29, 1950Calender converter

• Janna Johanna Post, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2007)
• naamloos Edelaar, Noordwijkerhout († 1950)
• N.n. Bangma, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Catharina Maria (Tosca) Gelens, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Louis Dupont, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2022)
• Ineke Gevers, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Berthe Maria Fritschi, Den Haag († 2000)
• Maria Theresia Otter den, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2010)
• Doodgeboren kind Koenraad, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Mathilda, Wijnanda Helsloot, Amstelveen, Gem. Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)

• Anthonie Lute (89), Beverwijk
• Aris Oudshoorn (74), Capoelle aan de IJssel
• Axel Nelson McCluer (38), Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
• "Louis" Marie Joseph Ghislain Benoit Cornet de Ways-Ruart (75), Berne, Suisse
• Anthonie Cornelis Sanders (38), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Wybes Koolstra (83), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anneke Kuiniera de Jong (65), Heerewaarden
• Annegje Frins van Dijk (83), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Annegje Van Dijk (83), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonie Cornelis Sanders (38), Utrecht Utrecht Nederland

• 1947 » David Byron, English singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1947 » Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 » Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
• 1949 » doris davenport, American poet and teacher
• 1949 » Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer († 2014)
• 1950 » Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and sportscaster
• 1951 » Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
• 1951 » Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter († 2001)

• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)

• 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 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The temperature on January 29, 1950 was between -9.7 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.