About the day » Tuesday May 9, 1950Calender converter

• NN Van Hooft, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Roelof Roelofs Kleene († 1993)
• Johanna Cristina de Jager († 2006)
• Gijsbertus Anthonius Maria Spiekermann, Alkmaar († 2013)
• Marcia Lynne Bertrand, Verenigde Statn († 2007)
• Marcia (Marcheline) Lynne Bertrand, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, United States († 2007)
• Marcheline Lynne Bertrand, Blue Island (Illinois, USA) († 2007)
• Maaike Maria Aaltje (Maddy) HARREMAN, IJsselmonde († 2011)
• Carolina Juliana Regina Witjens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Regina Cornelia Riethorst-Rolff, Naaldwijk

• Carolina Sprenger Quentel (83)
• Antonius van de Spijker (83), Best
• Carolus Hubert (Charel) Remels (83)
• Arnoldus Johannes Nouwens (82), Eersel, Nederland
• Antje Jelsma (55), Bolsward
• Abraham Boon (69), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Antje Jelsma (55), Bolsward
• Celina Maria Naessens (66), Ingelmunster, Belgium
• Antonia Rijkers (79), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Balt Zwiersen (59), Zwolle

• 1946 » Candice Bergen, American actress and producer
• 1947 » Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat († 2019)
• 1948 » Calvin Murphy, American basketball player and radio host
• 1948 » Hans Georg Bock, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
• 1948 » John Mahaffey, American golfer
• 1948 » Steven W. Mosher, American social scientist and author
• 1949 » Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1949 » Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat, 17th Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs († 2013)
• 1951 » Alley Mills, American actress
• 1953 » Bruno Brokken, Belgian high jumper

• 1935 » Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1938 » Thomas B. Thrige, Danish businessman (b. 1866)
• 1942 » Józef Cebula, Polish priest and saint (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet and social reformer (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)

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 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The temperature on May 9, 1950 was between 9.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.