About the day » Thursday June 15, 1950Calender converter

• David William Winter, Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota († 2015)
• Georg Fugger van Kirchberg-Weissenhorn, Augsburg, Zwaben, Beieren († 1950)
• Mary Beth Klooster, Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Bernardus Maria Jacobus de Vreede, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• van der Poll, Sneek († 1950)
• Simon Adrianus Mostert, Gilze en Rijen, Nederland († 2013)
• Herman Gerardus van Lent († 1971)
• Jantinus Wiltjer, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 1981)
• Albertha Pieternella (Elles) WILTS († 2010)
• Sherry Marvel Spiers, Ogden (Weber County) (Utah) († 2019)

• Catherine Opalka (68), Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Martinus van Bilsen (84), Rotterdam
• Albert Bolks (37), Den Ham
• Bernardus Reinirus Hendrikus Sluiter (35), Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Maaike van Ekeren (71), Leerdam
• * Petrus Johannes Dirk Bordewijk (69), 's Gravenhage
• Carolus Ludovicus DE SWERDT (78), 'S Gravenwezel,2970,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aloijsius (Alonsius) (Aloysius) Wagenaer (77), Hulst
• Antoon Perik (81), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Jan Philippus Tuinzing (56), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1949 » Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 » Jim Varney, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1949 » Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Simon Callow, English actor and director
• 1950 » Deney Terrio, American choreographer and host of the television musical variety series Dance Fever
• 1950 » Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
• 1950 » Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
• 1950 » Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
• 1951 » Jane Amsterdam, American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc., New York Post)
• 1951 » Vance A. Larson, American painter († 2000)

• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)

• 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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• September 23 » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on June 15, 1950 was between 7.1 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.