About the day » Monday December 11, 1950Calender converter

• NN Zwiers, Warnsveld († 1950)
• Johannes Leonardus Maria Seijsener, Noordwijkerhout († 1955)
• NN Lendfers, Velsen
• Dina Francijntje Blokland, Stellendam († 2022)
• Ubbo Voûte, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1981)
• Christina Onassis, New York City, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Barbara Lynn Geisler, Palo Alto, California
• Johannes Martinus Maria (Jan) Koek, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• N.N. Krabbe, Enschede, 7500, Nederland († 1950)
• Marie José Edlers († 2009)

• Arie Geervliet (69), Brussel, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Anna Catharina van de Laar (74), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Vos (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Johanna Wilhelmina Catharina van Iterson (46), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste Wilhelmine Martha Holzendorf (78), Rijswijk
• Antonie Damen (70), Terheijden
• Adrianus Jacobus van Rijn (75), Heemstede,Heemstede,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Aagje Johanna Wilhelmina Catharina van Iterson (46), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Antonius Gijsbertus van Iperen (56), Oss,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ? ? (78)

• 1946 » Diana Palmer, American journalist and author
• 1946 » Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1946 » Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer
• 1948 » Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer
• 1948 » Tanimura Shinji, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Christina Onassis, American-born Greek/Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress († 1988)
• 1951 » Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1951 » Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
• 1953 » Bess Armstrong, American actress
• 1954 » Brad Bryant, American golfer

• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1941 » Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 » John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)
• 1945 » Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)

• 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.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.

The temperature on December 11, 1950 was between 1.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 14.1 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.