About the day » Sunday July 16, 1950Calender converter

• Hermien Steen († 1999)
• Jantje Dassen, Heerenveen
• Geertje Grietje Johannesdr. Feenstra, Oppenhuizen, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Giuseppe DE LEO († 1981)
• Jo Maessen, Echt († 2012)
• Alton Harlan († 1960)
• Willem van Dalen, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Jan Godeke († 1997)
• Simon Maria Joseph Haring, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Darlene Campbell, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Baukje Meintes Sannes (77), Boer
• Adriana Cornelia van der Kaaij (59), Utrecht
• Cornelia Maria Johanna Vogel (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alexander Willem Vlamings (76), Breda
• Akke Kempenaar (88)
• Cormelis Kocx (42), Beverwijk
• Christina Rosalia de Vriese (43), Koewacht, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clayton Gary Lyell (0), Bakersfield
• Bastiaantje Reedijk (71), Numansdorp
• Christine Rosine Hild (81), Allendorf, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany

• 1948 » Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
• 1948 » Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 » Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Alan Fitzgerald, American guitarist and keyboardist
• 1950 » Dennis Priestley, English darts player
• 1950 » Frances Spalding, English historian and academic
• 1950 » Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer († 2007)
• 1951 » Che Rosli, Malaysian politician
• 1951 » Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist

• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1981 » Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

• 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.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• September 15 » Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

The temperature on July 16, 1950 was between 12.5 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.