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• Wim Oehlen († 1995)
• Ernesto Augusto Kuhlmann Paiva Castro, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1994)
• LUTGARDE PAUWELS, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2011)
• Herman Joost Kerkhoven, Oudenrijn († 1950)
• Levensloos Leduc, Vliermaal, Kortessem, Limburg, België († 1950)
• nn Houtveen, Utrecht († 1950)
• Remmelt Rinus Haveman, Oosterwolde († 2003)
• Hendrik Hijstek, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Houtveen, Utrecht (UT, NLD) († 1950)
• Hermanus Martinus Maria Bleumink, Edam († 1950)

• Agnes Huis (75), Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Jan Scheele (69), Zaamslag
• Anna Maria Plum (72), Kerkrade
• Arie van Marion (84), Nieuwenhoorn
• Apolonia Leopoldina De Man (63), Bornem
• Adolph Hermann Nitschke (86), Angaston, South Australia
• Catharina Maria Witlox (71), 's Hertogenbosch
• (Sillborn) RUSTEMA (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Houtveen (0), Utrecht (UT, NLD)
• Antonia Gisela Braun (78), Brasil

• 1949 » John Duncan, Scottish footballer, forward and manager
• 1949 » Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver († 2019)
• 1949 » Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach
• 1950 » Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter († 2020)
• 1950 » Julie Walters, English actress and author
• 1950 » Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1950 » Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Miou-Miou, French actress
• 1951 » Ellen Greene, American singer and actress
• 1952 » Bill Frist, American physician and politician

• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)

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 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• 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.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

The temperature on February 22, 1950 was between -0.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.