About the day » Wednesday April 12, 1950Calender converter

• André Schnur, Amsterdam († 2013)
• NN van Harxen, LICHTENVOORDE (Oost Gelre), GD, NL († 1950)
• Barbara J van Sant, Newton, Jasper County, Iowa († 2020)
• N.N. Gouda, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Gosse Jouke Hulzenga, Noordwijkerhout († 2007)
• Jeroen P.J. Kuitenbrouwer, Maartensdijk († 2022)
• Trijntje Koster, Tiendeveen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• mia groetelaers, helden-panningen († 2022)
• Adriana Kortlever, Asperen († 2023)
• Kees André Schmohl, Gouda, Nederland († 2010)

• Aleida Banning (80), Didam
• Antoinette Frédérique Bethbeder (66), `s Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Guurtje Jacobsd Bakker (76), Den Burg, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Philomena Baeten (69), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonij Laanen (82), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anna Phelomina Baeten (69), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Philomena BAETEN (69), Bergen op Zoom,Gemeente Bergen op Zoom,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Albert M Johnson (86), Chicago IL
• Anna Phelomina Baeten (69), Bergen op Zoom
• Anthonie Koomans Van Den Dries (72), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1948 » Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer († 2008)
• 1948 » Joschka Fischer, German academic and politician
• 1948 » Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach
• 1949 » Scott Turow, American lawyer and author
• 1950 » David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2017)
• 1950 » Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman
• 1950 » Joyce Banda, Malawian politician, 4th president of Malawi
• 1950 » Nick Sackman, English composer and educator
• 1951 » Tom Noonan, American actor
• 1952 » Reuben Gant, American football player

• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

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.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• 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.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on April 12, 1950 was between 0.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.