About the day » Monday July 31, 1950Calender converter

• Ernest Vanstapel, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Alberta Jacoba HONCOOP, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Eric G Aubin, Maine, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• Nilo Pedro Kuhn, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1950)
• Brugtine Hendrikje Vorsteveld, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Adriaan van de Rijken, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Marian de Bruin, Vleuten († 2009)
• NN van Rooij, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Henricus Cornelis Maria Vervest, Eindhoven († 2020)
• Gerardus Henricus Maria PIJNAKER, Zwanenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Bertha Wiebrechtje Hiddink (70), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Schraal (55), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Haan (74), Amsterdam
• August Theodor Geleik (49), Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Diepman (83), Haarle (Hellendoorn)
• Adrianus Josephus Maria van MACKELENBERGH (68), 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Leendert Starreveld (64), Uitgeest
• Berrendina ADDINK (83), Delft
• Berrendina Bartsdr Addink (83), Rijswijk
• Arend Schraal (55), Haarlem

• 1948 » Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Alan Meale, English journalist and politician
• 1949 » Mike Jackson, American basketball player
• 1950 » Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
• 1952 » Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
• 1952 » Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
• 1952 » Faye Kellerman, American author
• 1952 » Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 » João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic

• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Robert A. Taft, American soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1958 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
• 1968 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)

• 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.
• January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.

The temperature on July 31, 1950 was between 13.4 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.