About the day » Wednesday April 26, 1950Calender converter

• Afra Molenaar, Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Alieke Rumpff († 2013)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1950)
• Dicky de Graaf († 1959)
• Malengi Dury-Bonzo, kikwit Zairi († 2014)
• Francis LETERME, Comines,7780,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 2022)
• Lea Dekkers, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland († 1977)
• Henricus Gerardus Geraets, Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Antonia Maria Koekenbier, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 2010)
• Brenda Kay Jones († 1952)

• Adriana Gastelaar (81), Poortugaal
• Anna Catharina Op de Coul (89), Echt
• Arendina van Houtum (86), Ermelo
• Antonius Bernardus Roosendaal (55), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Berg (73), Leende
• Arendina van Houttum (86)
• Anna Adriana Josepha Hendriks (64), Tilburg
• Arendina Houtum (86), Ermelo
• Nieuwenweg (0), Oude Pekela, Nederland
• Arie Klomp (77), Alkemade

• 1945 » Dick Johnson, Australian racing driver
• 1945 » Howard Davies, English director and producer († 2016)
• 1946 » Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer
• 1946 » Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author
• 1946 » Ralph Coates, English international footballer († 2010)
• 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1949 » Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler († 1995)
• 1951 » John Battle, English politician
• 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player

• 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)

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.
• January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

The temperature on April 26, 1950 was between -1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.