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• Aalt Gabe Lameris, Drachten († 1950)
• Marie-Rose DIERICKX, Molenstraat 115, Buggenhout-Opstal, 9255, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
• Albrecht Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Holstein, Wittgenstein, Germany († 1953)
• Trienke Hermanusdr. Monderman († 2003)
• NN Ekkel, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bryan Paul CRAM, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho († 1965)
• Cornelis Leonardus Johannes Uijttewaal, Ter Aar (Kattenbrug) († 2018)
• Johan Diederich Brijan, Klazienaveen († 2017)
• Jack Gerritsen, Huissen
• Piet Stoof, Oostvoorne († 2012)

• Arnoldus Gerardus van Gent (51), Enschede
• Anna van den Brink (74), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Francisca Groenewegen (58), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Pelikaan (75), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Flierman (79), Voorst
• Coenraad Carel Vincent baron van Boetzelaer (2), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Antoinetta Maria Cobelens (0), Haarlem
• Christiaan Gottlieb Rönitz (74), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Mouwen (47), Rotterdam
• Charles Phillip Miller (45), California, United States of America

• 1947 » Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player
• 1947 » Tristan Murail, French composer and educator
• 1948 » Roy Barnes, American lawyer and politician, 80th Governor of Georgia
• 1949 » Griselda Pollock, South African-English historian and academic
• 1950 » Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor
• 1950 » Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Sam Kekovich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1951 » Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and academic
• 1951 » Dominique Sanda, French model and actress
• 1952 » Douglas Adams, English author and playwright († 2001)

• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)

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 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
• December 9 » Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The temperature on March 11, 1950 was between -1.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.