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• Eduardus Johannes (Eddie) Kattenpoel Oude Heerink († 2003)
• Joseph GRYSPEERT, Kortrijk († 2018)
• Cornelia Johanna Catharina de Jong, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 2024)
• Wil (Wilhelmus frederikus) Bakker, Wormerveer († 2022)
• Viviane CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2019)
• Donna Noe Goodpaster, Lincoln County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Michael Toone **, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia († 1990)
• Anthonius Cornelis Schenkeveld, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Chrystie Darlene HAAS, Atlanta, GA
• Theresia Christina Maria van Weesenbeek, Dongen-Vaart († 2021)

• Adriana van Son (73)
• Aafke Eeuwes de Jong (76), Ureterp
• Cecilia Petronella Maria van Leeuwen (82), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Henry Crumley (62), Austin, Travis County, Texas
• Arnoldus Cornelis van Lier (52), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Scheuneman (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie Zeegers (88), Deurne
• Anthonius van Vliet (63), Woerden,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje Ages de Vries (73)
• Antonius Hubertus Vereijken (75), Helmond

• 1947 » Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board († 2011)
• 1950 » Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
• 1950 » David Graf, American actor († 2001)
• 1951 » David Nutt, English psychiatrist and academic
• 1951 » Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
• 1952 » Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Billy West, American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
• 1952 » Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
• 1952 » Michel Blanc, French actor and director

• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)

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. Adrianus
15. Wilhelmus
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 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on April 16, 1950 was between 1.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.