About the day » Saturday July 15, 1950Calender converter

• Catherine Anne "Kathleen" McDonald, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1999)
• Akke Snoep, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Russel Allen Devers, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Henk Damen, Loon op Zand († 2012)
• Petrus Jacobus Antonius Maria Thielen, Roosendaal († 2002)
• Johannes Roelofs, emmen († 2012)
• Theodorus Jacobus Rinkel, Lambertschaag († 2003)
• Hubertus Ludovicus Colleije, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Trijntje Brouwer, Berlikum (Berltsum) († 2005)
• Nico Smit († 2020)

• Adriana Martina Geldof (52), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• August Bertels (56), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgi√´
• Bertha Catharina Gerardina Kamerbeek (48), Venlo, Nederland
• Aaltje Mantel (82), Hoorn (Zwaag) (Noord Holland)
• Alexis de Haas (2), Breda
• Aaltje Geertruid Tammens (70), Middelstum
• Anna Maria Josephine Henriëtte Martini (85), Brussel
• Antonie Bohnen (87), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Lamboo (69), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Pieter Johannes de Zwart (69), Hoorn

• 1948 » Artimus Pyle, American rock drummer and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1948 » Dimosthenis Kourtovik, Greek anthropologist and critic
• 1948 » Twinkle, English singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1949 » Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1949 » Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1950 » Arianna Huffington, Greek-American journalist and publisher (The Huffington Post)
• 1950 » Colin Barnett, Australian economist and politician, 29th Premier of Western Australia
• 1951 » Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1951 » Jesse Ventura, American wrestler, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of Minnesota

• 1942 » Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1910)
• 1944 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Razor Smith, English cricketer and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Walter Donaldson, American soldier and songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1948 » John J. Pershing, American general (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)
• 1957 » James M. Cox, American publisher and politician, 46th Governor of Ohio (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Vasily Maklakov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer and academic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (b. 1885)

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. Adrianus
15. Wilhelmus
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 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
• October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

The temperature on July 15, 1950 was between 11.2 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.