About the day » Saturday April 1, 1950Calender converter

• Sonja Augusta Oscar Van Landeghem, St. Niklaas (B) († 2020)
• Carolus, Hubertus Passon, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1950)
• NN (tweeling) Stel, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Johannes Gerrit Wilbrink, Voorts († 1999)
• naamloos Pennings, Warmond († 1950)
• dorothea petra jacoba (door) thiesen, helden-beringe
• Hendrik Hulleman († 2016)
• Tjerk Groeneveld, Haarlemmermeer († 2011)
• Willem Wildschut († 1998)
• Theo Thole, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 1996)

• Albert Kasper Kleinenberg (84), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ambrosius van der Pluijm (63), GEERTRUIDENBERG
• Arie van der Zaan (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Duijvestein (84), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barney Brundage Bryant (93), Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Barbora Suzanna Jacoba Verhage (70), Velsen, Noord-Holland, NL
• Arnold Schattevoet (84)
• albertus van mourik, deventer (gelderland) nederland
• Anna Beukema (84), Zuidlaren
• Anna Geertrui van Maurik (78), Culemborg

• 1948 » Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and musician
• 1949 » Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
• 1949 » Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author († 2011)
• 1949 » Paul Manafort, American lobbyist, political consultant, and convicted felon
• 1949 » Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1950 » Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
• 1950 » Loris Kessel, Swiss racing driver († 2010)
• 1950 » Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist
• 1951 » Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky († 2014)
• 1951 » John Abizaid, American general

• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)

• 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 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• July 5 » Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

The temperature on April 1, 1950 was between 6.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.