About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1950Calender converter

• Robert LOWE († 2020)
• Fred Jonker, Den Haag († 2010)
• Piet Brantenaar, Amsterdam († 2012)
• (l.l.) Post, Rolde († 1950)
• Gerredina Nijboer, Enschede († 2019)
• Bonnie May BARTHOLOMEW, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States († 2000)
• Gerardus Petrus Cornelis van Amelsvoort, Tilburg († 1996)
• Gerrit Eikelboom, Wijhe († 1987)
• Harmke Pleiter, Thesinge (Ten Boer) († 2013)
• Guilume Gerhardus Frederick De Villiers, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa († 1997)

• Amalie Ernestina Jacoba Perné (79), Djakarta-Djawa, Indonesië
• Alvey S. Sims (35), Grayson County, Kentucky
• Aaltje Wanders (46), Groningen,, Nederland
• Antje Taekes Vellinga (86), ,,, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• August Casper de Geer Boers (35)
• Augusta Varewijck (47), Sinaai-Waas, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Dorothea Kristeller (35), Mamaroneck, NY (USA)
• (l.l.) Post (0), Rolde
• Augusta Emma Varewijck (47), Sinaai (B)
• Antje de Raad (74), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1947 » Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
• 1947 » John Varley, American author
• 1947 » Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager
• 1948 » Bill Campbell, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
• 1949 » Ted Simmons, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 1951 » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
• 1953 » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Adrianus
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.
• January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

The temperature on August 9, 1950 was between 15.6 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.