About the day » Friday December 1, 1950Calender converter

• David Ray Beck, Johnson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Edwin Willis Ykema, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1951)
• Milton Joseph FORET Jr, Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• <unnamed male> Newton, Crown Street Women's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, AU († 1950)
• Gerard Johannes Hakkes, Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• Janet Marie Baker, Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Jan Tol, Volendam († 2004)
• Fredericus Gerardus Antonius (Frits) Schwarte ongehuwd, Raalte, Ov, Nederland († 2002)
• Harmpje Fidder, Enschede († 2014)
• Cornelia Hendrika van Hoef († 1951)

• Christina van der Maden (85), Oosterhout, Noord Brabant
• Zwaantje Peereboom (74), Ermelo
• Alixia Couckuyt (61), Roeselare, WVL, B
• Albert Alfons Heyrman (54), Antwerpen (België)
• Antonetta Petronella Van De Goor (68), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Anne Rinzes Kleefstra (79), Terhorne, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfons Peter Gerard Diepvens (20), Aken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Augustinus Franciscus Dominicus Rutten (87), Brecht, België
• Adrianus Roelof van der Linden (63), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Lodewijk (83), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL

• 1949 » Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
• 1949 » Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist († 1993)
• 1949 » Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile
• 1950 » Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1950 » Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter
• 1950 » Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic
• 1950 » Richard Keith, American actor and drummer
• 1950 » Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1951 » Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host
• 1951 » Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer

• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)

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 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.

The temperature on December 1, 1950 was between 5.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain during 12.3 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.