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• Jaap van der Eijk, Deventer († 2012)
• Hendricus Lodewijk Maria Gerardus Hamakers, Heer, Limburg, Netherlands († 2005)
• N.N. Blankendaal, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Smits, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Goffe Jetze Hofstra, Poppingawier, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Louis Maria Franciscus Meier, Heerlen († 2014)
• Johannes Kuipers († 2011)
• Jacobus (Jack) Zuidewind, Oudeschild, Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Fop Hendrik Rietveld, ottoland (zuid holland) († 1998)
• Calvin John Stob

• Arendje Daniels Doldersum (81), Hoogeveen
• Anna Catharina Kreté (57), Maastricht
• Arendina (Adriana) Verhulst (79), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Ooms (82)
• Anthonius van der Laan (76), Assendelft NH NL
• Adrianus Martinus Maria Ermers (0), Mill en Sint Hubert (N.Br.)
• Agnes Emilie Laura FRANK (73), De Bilt,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Sapke BOONSTRA (2), Opende (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Arie Pronk (73), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Ooms (82), Krimpen aan de Lek

• 1945 » Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
• 1946 » Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist († 2009)
• 1946 » Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1946 » Pete Postlethwaite, English actor († 2011)
• 1946 » Sammy Johns, American country music singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1949 » Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
• 1949 » Joe English, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Karen Joy Fowler, American author
• 1953 » Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet († 1998)
• 1954 » Dieter Bohlen, German singer-songwriter and producer

• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)

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. Adriana
11. Marianne
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 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on February 7, 1950 was between 1.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.