About the day » Monday June 26, 1950Calender converter

• Keith Steward, Santa Barbara County, California († 1950)
• Julie Anne BRUNKER, Ogden,Weber County,Utah,Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Roger L. Bourcy, unbekannt († 2005)
• Berendina Jantje Ensing, Emmen († 2017)
• Jan Willem Kochen, Heerlen, Limburg, Niederlande († 2006)
• Mary Elizabeth Oconnor, MA († 1996)
• Johannes Jacobus Maria Post, Leiden († 1990)
• Inge van Heesch, Boxtel († 2011)
• Cornelis van der Haven, Leiden († 2022)
• Jennie Louise Leue, Paramaribo Suriname († 2005)

• Andries Dreyer (65), Malmesbury, West Coast DC, Western Cape, South Africa
• Antje de Haan (73), Gerkesklooster, Nederland
• Aalbert Dokter (62), Los Angeles County, California
• Alida Willemina Zweerman (57), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bausmans (83), Lanaken, Limburg, België
• Auke Tjebbes Hansma (77)
• Auke Tjebbes Hansma (77), Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Aimé Emile Capouillez (76), Dour
• (59), Tilburg
• Adriana Dieleman (63), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1946 » Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist († 2013)
• 1949 » Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1949 » Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author († 2015)
• 1949 » Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist
• 1951 » Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager († 2014)
• 1952 » Gordon McQueen, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1952 » Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist († 1979)
• 1954 » Luis Arconada, Spanish footballer
• 1955 » Gedde Watanabe, American actor
• 1955 » Mick Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 » Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1945 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Max Kögel, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Yōsuke Matsuoka, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1880)
• 1947 » R. B. Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
• 1949 » Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 1956 » Richie Powell, American pianist (b. 1931)
• 1957 » Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (b. 1878)

• 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 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
• September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
• October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• 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.

The temperature on June 26, 1950 was between 8.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.