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• Herman Jozef van Duuren, Horst († 2010)
• Johannes Jacobus Alphons (Hans) Reijnders († 2023)
• Grietje Hilbertha Bakker († 2005)
• Levenloos van den Bor, Putten
• Dirk Parlevliet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Klazina Johanna van Duijn, Katwijk († 1951)
• Petrus Van Spittael, Temse († 2020)
• Carolyn Louise DEBOEF († 1950)
• Ine Elsjen Gelderman, Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2004)
• Tinie Pater († 2012)

• Adriaan Zandvliet (22), Bloemendaal, Netherlands
• Antje Mol (77), Westerblokker
• Antonius Broeders (85), Raamsdonksveer,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham de Jonge (76), Terneuzen,Zl
• Anna Jongen (85), Zichen-Bolder, Riemst, België
• Aletta Joanna Verkerk (60), Gouda
• Antonette Janknecht (87), Kirchhellen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Andries Nicolai (58)
• Adriana Elisabeth Suttorp (78), Rotterdam
• Antonia Sophia Francisca van Breemen (74), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1948 » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician († 2002)
• 1948 » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Barry Lloyd, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1949 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer († 1998)
• 1949 » Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1949 » William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1951 » Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani scholar and politician, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran

• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.

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. 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 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 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.
• August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• 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 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 19, 1950 was between 4.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.