About the day » Monday March 6, 1950Calender converter

• Julian John Somerset HOPE, London England U.K († 2009)
• Gerrit Meijering, Benneveld, Zweeloo († 2021)
• Henk Geertsema, Stadskanaal Groningen Nederland († 2010)
• godefridus hermanus josephus (fred) neessen, helden-grashoek
• Ilona Truin, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Johannes M (Jan) Kes, Volendam
• Johannes Willems, Oost-West en Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Adolf Huizenga, Bitgum, 9044, Nederland († 1952)
• James Walker Logan († 1995)
• Antonius Gerardus Menting, Nijmegen († 1956)

• Albert Cornelis Ronteltap (0), Baarn
• Akke Bijstra (66)
• Anna Linton Sinkler (79), Berkeley, South Carolina
• Amos Milton McKee (85), Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• de Boer (76)
• Aaltje Dijkstra (72), Ferwerd Ferwerderadeel
• Albert Racette (54), Norwood, San Miguel, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius RIBBENS (77), Bergen op Zoom
• Bartha Kroon (53), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella (de) Fouw (89), Scherpenisse

• 1947 » Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 » Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 1947 » Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist
• 1948 » Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer
• 1949 » Martin Buchan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1949 » Shaukat Aziz, Pakistani economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1950 » Arthur Roche, English archbishop
• 1951 » Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist († 2004)
• 1952 » Denis Napthine, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria

• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)

• 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 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on March 6, 1950 was between 1.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.