About the day » Saturday December 9, 1950Calender converter

• Hein Romkes († 2010)
• Gezienus Klinge († 2022)
• Cornelis Johannes(Kees) de Mos, Scheveningen
• Theo Oosthoek († 2008)
• Gijsberta Aleida (Bea) Spaargaren, Arnhem († 2004)
• Linda Lee Conner Benkowski, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
• Cornelis BRUGGEMAN († 1953)
• Willem Henri Marie Gerard Hamers, Heerlen († 1979)
• Mariet Oosterwechel († 2022)
• N.N. Willekens, Baarle-Nassau († 1950)

• Andrew Reid (52), Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Antonie Cornelis van der Giessen (68), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Keppel (76), Apeldoorn
• Antonie Loonen (85), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha de Zoete (81), Den Haag(ZH)
• Aaltien Hoving- (76), Groningen, Nederland
• van Schilt, Bergen op Zoom
• Antonius Johannes Voeten (88), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Stelwagen (61), Surhuisterveen
• Adriana Jaspers (71), Brunssum

• 1947 » Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
• 1947 » Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
• 1947 » Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
• 1948 » Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
• 1948 » Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
• 1950 » Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
• 1952 » Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
• 1953 » Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator

• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
• 1964 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
• July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
• August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on December 9, 1950 was between -7.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.