About the day » Monday January 30, 1950Calender converter

• Tinus Wijmenga, Suameer, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)
• Hilbert Willem van der Klok, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• Josephus Antonius Johannes Maria van Roosmalen, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Tinus Wijmenga
• Jacobus Kaandorp, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Evert Johannes Voskuil († 1973)
• Harmke Haak († 2016)
• Maurits Vandewalle, Hooglede († 2015)
• Cornelia Catharina Arnolda Maria van EIJL, Berkel en Rodenrijs, 5957, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• José Deseck, Izegem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1969)

• Antje Cornelius Oldenburger (77), Veendam
• Anna Katharina Philomena Maas, Heerlen (L
• Adrianus Bernardus van der Laan (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alcides de Godoy (69), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Anna Klaver (62), Noordwijk
• Antje Oldenburger (75), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Bos (72), Bedum
• Aleida Sibilla Sara Quintus (85), Ede
• adrianus kanselaar (70), Rotterdam
• Abraham Bronsgeest (79), Leiden, Nederland

• 1947 » Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1948 » Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic
• 1948 » Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1949 » Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 » Jack Newton, Australian golfer
• 1951 » Bobby Stokes, English footballer († 1995)
• 1951 » Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director
• 1951 » Phil Collins, English drummer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1952 » Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer

• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

• 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 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
• July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
• September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

The temperature on January 30, 1950 was between -11.8 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.