About the day » Wednesday November 1, 1950Calender converter

• Tonny Smedts, Helden,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Marginus Boumans, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Hendrikus Rijfkogel, Emmen († 1984)
• Johanna Voogt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Joyce Elaine Staub, York, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Patrice Gail Green Passmore, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina († 1996)
• Nn Verbeek, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1950)
• Edith Hoogendijk, amsterdam, Nederland († 1954)
• Randy Lee Post
• Marginus Boumans, Emmen († 1994)

• Antje van Amersfoort (71), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berndina Johanna Alofs, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Sanders (78)
• Benonie Talboo (95), Oostburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie den Boer (72), Den Haag
• Carolina Boekholt (70), Almelo
• Anna Maria van Baardwijk (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Baardwijk (59), Rotterdam
• Alida Cornelia van Oosten (63), Lisse
• Catharina Barendina Otten (88), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1948 » Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 » Belita Moreno, American actress and acting coach
• 1949 » David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1949 » Michael D. Griffin, American physicist and engineer
• 1950 » Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2011)
• 1950 » Mitch Kapor, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Lotus Software and Electronic Frontier Foundation
• 1950 » Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 » Craig Serjeant, Australian cricketer and chemist
• 1951 » Fabrice Luchini, French actor and screenwriter
• 1951 » Ronald Bell, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer

• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

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 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
• September 23 » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on November 1, 1950 was between 3.5 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.