About the day » Monday May 29, 1950Calender converter

• NN Barnhoorn, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Elaine Carol Huisman, Barron County, Wisconsin († 2009)
• Frederica Gerarda Louisa Maria ( Fridy ) van Reen, Nijmegen, Gld.NL († 1957)
• Engbert Jan Velten, enter
• Hendrik Cornelis Marinus Ulden van, 's-Gravenhage († 1951)
• Jan Anthonie van Harskamp, St Michielsgestel († 2003)
• Nn van Wilpen, Baarn († 1950)
• Clemens Maria Nicolaas van der Laan († 2021)
• Richard David 'Ricky' Gooch, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States († 1970)
• Johannes Cornelis van Putten, Kampen, Ov, The Netherlands († 2001)

• Anna Maria Baselaar (79), Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Albert Kooi (65), Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Theodorus Marinus Opdam (67), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van Dijk (63), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bernardus Franciscus Alfonsus Maria OPDAM (67), Nieuwer Amstel
• Abram Johannes Mohlmann (60), Rotterdam
• Augusta Horn (74), Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Theodorus Marinus Opdam (67), Nieuwer Amstel-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Bauke Jansma (78), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Annette de Koning (77), Zeist, Nederland

• 1946 » Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician († 2000)
• 1947 » Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1948 » Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
• 1948 » Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host
• 1949 » Brian Kidd, English footballer and manager
• 1949 » Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter († 2019)
• 1950 » Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress
• 1953 » Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1954 » Robert Beaser, American composer and educator

• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

• 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 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
• November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
• December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

The temperature on May 29, 1950 was between 8.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.