About the day » Wednesday March 29, 1950Calender converter

• Joke van Nierop († 2009)
• Kenneth Wilson, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England († 2007)
• Thekla Elverdink, Opeinde († 2008)
• Johannes Cornelis van Putten, Kampen, Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2001)
• Anthonie Hobo († 1994)
• Albert James Richenberger, Upland-California (USA) († 2016)
• leonardus louisa theodorus gerardus joseph (leike) de bruijn, helden-beringe
• Frans Wilming, Den Haag († 1995)
• Cornelis Boltjes († 1993)
• François Schaaij († 1978)

• Anna Carolina SARLEE (83), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Bernardus Johannes Palaster (60), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van der Merwe (75), Belfast Transvaal South Africa
• Alexander Derksen (86), Ubbergen
• Dilling (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonius Jacobus van Oudenhoven (89), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Verbraeken (77), Boschkapelle (Nld)
• Aleida Omvlee (58), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arthur Vandewoude (75), Alveringem
• Alicia de Rohan-Chabot (84), Neuilly-sur-Seine, 92051, France

• 1948 » Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
• 1949 » Dave Greenfield, English musician († 2020)
• 1949 » Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
• 1949 » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer († 2007)
• 1949 » Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
• 1951 » Geoff Howarth, New Zealand cricketer
• 1951 » Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino journalist
• 1951 » William Clarke, American harmonica player († 1996)
• 1952 » Rainer Bonhof, German footballer

• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)

• 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 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

The temperature on March 29, 1950 was between 2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.