About the day » Tuesday May 30, 1950Calender converter

• N.N. Pijper, Bedum († 1950)
• Elisabeth Francisca PRUIM, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jerona de Beurs, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Wil Kooijman († 2013)
• Dieter Meitz, Bad Lauchstädt, DDR († 1975)
• Ricky C Bode († 1970)
• Levenloos Leunissen († 1950)
• Gerrit Jan Benjamins († 1952)
• Erna COERTJENS, Ravels,2381,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1985)
• N.N. Huigen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Catharina Douwes de Bruin (83)
• Aleida Jannesen Verveld (87), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Isabella Landmeter (57), Vlissingen
• Catharina Douwes de Bruin (83), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• (Carola) Carolina Maria Josephina Antonia van Roosmalen (46), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Isabella Landmeter (57), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Catharina Petronella Severijn (49), Hilversum {NH}
• Antonia van de Beeten (26), 's Gravenzande
• Arie van den Hof (66), Utrecht
• Carl Erwin baron van Aerssen Beijeren van Voshol (23), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1948 » Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist
• 1949 » Bob Willis, English cricketer and sportscaster († 2019)
• 1949 » P.J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach
• 1949 » Paul Coleridge, English lawyer and judge
• 1950 » Bertrand Delanoë, French politician, 14th Mayor of Paris
• 1950 » Joshua Rozenberg, English lawyer, journalist, and author
• 1950 » Paresh Rawal, Indian actor, producer, and politician
• 1951 » Fernando Lugo, Paraguayan bishop and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1951 » Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor, singer, and director
• 1951 » Zdravko Čolić, Bosnian Serb singer-songwriter

• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1947 » Georg von Trapp, Austrian captain (b. 1880)
• 1948 » József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, French cardinal (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Bill Vukovich, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1957 » Piero Carini, Italian race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1960 » Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)

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.
• March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
• November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
• December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The temperature on May 30, 1950 was between 9.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.