About the day » Thursday March 16, 1950Calender converter

• Mary Jane Nurnberger, Grand Rapids, MI
• Douwe van der Veen, Oosterwolde († 1950)
• Fonda Adell Broek, Iowa Hull (USA)
• Auke Afko Cornelis Doornbosch († 2011)
• Marinus Jacobus Antonius Dekkers, Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Hennie Hansen, (NL) († 1976)
• Antoine DE SAVOYE, Aalst,9300,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2012)
• Franciscus Cornelius Cooijmans, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2021)
• Hector Manuel Soto, Puerto Rico, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Eltje Harmina Poort († 2018)

• Aafke Jeltes Bennema (79), Groningen
• Arnoldus Carolus Jespers (68), Weelde, Antwerpen, België
• Albertus Gerardus Kokke (63), Caledonia, Racine, Wisconsin (VS)
• Arnoldus Carolus Jespers (68), Weelde (België)
• Adriana Hendrika de Bruijn (54), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• ADRIANA MOSTERDT (63), SLIEDRECHT
• Alfons Jan Frans LANSLOTS (55), Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Abraham Hendrik BAARTMAN (64), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adophine Marie MERCIER (65), Bruille-Saint-Amand... Hauts de France
• Aaltje Bergshoeff (65), Waarder

• 1949 » Elliott Murphy, American-French singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1949 » Erik Estrada, American actor
• 1949 » Victor Garber, Canadian actor and singer
• 1950 » Edhem Šljivo, Bosnian footballer
• 1950 » Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
• 1950 » Peter Forster, English bishop
• 1951 » Abdelmajid Bourebbou, Algerian footballer
• 1951 » Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
• 1951 » Oddvar Brå, Norwegian skier
• 1951 » Ray Benson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1945 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)

• 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.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• July 29 » Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

The temperature on March 16, 1950 was between 6.2 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.