About the day » Thursday February 16, 1950Calender converter

• hendrik atte (henk) havinga, groningen
• Levenloos geboren Oorthuijsen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• NN de Boer, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Harmannes (Mans) Kramer, Erica, gem. Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Cecil White, Aenon Town, Clarendon, Jamaica († 2021)
• Sjouke Benthem, Zorgvlied (Diever)(Dr)
• Hendrik Bernardus van Hees († 1994)
• Karen R. Luckharkt († 2024)
• Johannes Hendrikus Vliek, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1957)
• Theodorus Sassen († 1997)

• Anna Margaretha Krul (68), Den Haag
• Adronie VELGHE (59), Kuurne,8520,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anthony Michael McCoy (69), Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States
• Adriana Elisabeth Janssen (70), Bladel en Netersel
• Anthonia Johanna van Veldhuizen (82), Utrecht,, Netherlands
• Agnes, Josepha, Cornelia Kouters (0), Steenbergen
• Adriaan Josephus Jacobs (89), Zundert
• Antonia van den Heuvel (83), Tiel
• Anne Klazes Nicolay (84), Britsum
• Antonia van den Heuvel (83), Tiel

• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)
• 1948 » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1949 » Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
• 1950 » Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1951 » Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 » James Ingram, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2019)
• 1952 » Peter Kitchen, English footballer, striker
• 1952 » William Katt, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1953 » John Bradbury, English drummer, songwriter, and producer († 2015)
• 1953 » Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)

• 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.
• May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
• July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• 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 February 16, 1950 was between 7.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.