About the day » Tuesday July 11, 1950Calender converter

• Kees Roosenboom, Malden († 2005)
• Jacob Tromp, Lisse († 1977)
• NN Eenling, Leeuwarden
• Adriana Joseptina Van Der Scheer, Eindhoven († 2011)
• Helene Pardoel, Maasdriel
• Jan Pullen, Collendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 2023)
• Jacobus Quist, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NED († 1951)
• James Lee Rus, Iowa, VS († 2019)
• Albertus Fouche Cupido, Maitland, Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa († 1981)
• Cornelis Ane Lamphen, Tzummarum († 1989)

• Carrie (Carry) Edith Porter (58), Wauseon, Fulton Co., OH
• Adriaantje GROENEWEG (59), Numansdorp
• Brian Irvine (0)
• Cornelia Adriana Zandee (54), Groningen
• Anton Haandrikman (70), Amerongen
• Cornelis (Kees) van Oosterhout (71), Nijmegen
• Cornelis van den Berg (82), Hillegom
• Anna Alida Hofman (63), Den Haag
• Cornelis (Kees) van Oosterhout (71), Nijmegen
• Christian Philipp Ludwig Maximilian 'Philipp II.' von Seefried Auf Buttenheim (78), Adlitz/Ofr., Bayern

• 1947 » Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
• 1947 » Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 » Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
• 1950 » Bonnie Pointer, American singer († 2020)
• 1950 » J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
• 1950 » Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic
• 1951 » Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 » Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » Stephen Lang, American actor and playwright
• 1953 » Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

• 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.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
• September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The temperature on July 11, 1950 was between 12.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.