About the day » Friday March 10, 1950Calender converter

• Thomas Eugene Hammock, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Nn Vermaat, Rotterdam
• Ida Johanna Maria (Itty) Zaremba († 2020)
• Francisco Michels, Armazém, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1951)
• Hendrik Gijsbert te Wechel, Twello († 1950)
• Jan Cornelis Cornelis van den Heerik, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Hendrinus Jacob van Asselt, Apeldoorn († 2005)
• Jonas Klaas Schagen, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2004)
• Robert Jay Oldenkamp, Downey, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Johanna Maria Zijerveld, Amsterdam († 1950)

• Arie VAN DER PLIGT (75), Strijen (NL/ZH)
• Adrianus Blom (85), Raamsdonk
• Aaron J. Richardson (74), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Aartje van de Lugt (77), Barneveld
• Anna Maria Arendsen (85), Delft
• Benjamin Frank Hord (64)
• Alida Blokland (88), Deil
• Batje Johanna den Hengst (84), Delft
• Alfred Godfried Schobben (66), Heer
• Anna C. Preston (88), Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Katharine Houghton, American actress and playwright
• 1945 » Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Railways († 2001)
• 1946 » Gérard Garouste, French contemporary artist
• 1946 » Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach († 1993)
• 1947 » Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Canada
• 1947 » Tom Scholz, American rock musician (Boston)
• 1948 » Austin Carr, American basketball player
• 1952 » Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe († 2018)
• 1953 » Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver

• 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)

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 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.

The temperature on March 10, 1950 was between -0.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.