About the day » Sunday April 9, 1950Calender converter

• Nn van den Born, Arnhem
• Gerard Kempenaar, Woubrugge († 1951)
• Ferdinand Moormann († 1996)
• Frederik Flip den Outer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1995)
• Roelof Hein († 1992)
• Sebastiana van den Berg, Oost-en West Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2004)
• Gerda Aleida Christina van der Horst, Terschelling († 1952)
• Ans Jellesma († 2002)
• Elisabeth Anna Cornelia Warmenhoven, Noordwijk († 1999)
• Marja IJpelaar, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)

• Alberdina Berendijk (81), Wierden
• Adriaan van der JAGT (54), Annaland, St, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Gerardus Nijman (5), Voorst
• Anthonius Hendrikus BERTRAND (66), IJmuiden,Gemeente Velsen,North Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria ARNOLDUSSEN (72), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Andrew Curtis Barnhart (86), Coolspring Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Albert Meijer (71), Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus Bertrand (66), IJmuiden
• Alfons Verniers (73), Eksaarde
• Aaltje van Roon (66), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
• 1948 » Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 » Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Patty Pravo, Italian singer
• 1949 » Tony Cragg, English sculptor
• 1952 » Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Robert Clark, American author
• 1952 » Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
• 1953 » Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist

• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)

• 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.
• March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
• March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• 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 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.

The temperature on April 9, 1950 was between 4.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.