About the day » Tuesday January 31, 1950Calender converter

• Leona Duchateau, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)
• Robert Johan van Wijck, Enschede († 1955)
• Marie Claude RIBBENS, Avesnes-sur-Helpe († 2002)
• Hylke Bergsma, Noordwolde († 1950)
• Jacob Jacobs Boomsma, Boelenslaan, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Pietie Ietzens Zijlstra, Heeg, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• David John Osgood, North Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Jaap Menges († 2005)
• Evaldo Momm, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1951)
• Hendrika Stormink, Gorssel († 1963)

• Barbara Stienen (79), Den Haag
• Anthonia Grada den Boestert (58), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Boelen (83)
• Arie Bloem (79), Hoorn
• Alice Lucinda SMITH (SMITH) (79)
• Agatha van Lammeren (65), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Zoeren (88), Amersfoort
• Alfred Edouard Constant Hubert VAN PEBORGH (82), Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
• Anna Magdalena Meijer (37), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Goode (56), Rotterdam

• 1947 » Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1948 » Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
• 1948 » Volkmar Groß, German footballer († 2014)
• 1949 » Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and journalist
• 1949 » Ken Wilber, American sociologist, philosopher, and author
• 1949 » Norris Church Mailer, American model and educator († 2010)
• 1950 » Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard
• 1950 » Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Janice Rebibo, American-Israeli author and poet († 2015)
• 1951 » Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (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.
• January 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• 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 January 31, 1950 was between -5.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.