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• Alida Kraaijveld († 2012)
• Harriette Juliana van Otterloo, Ermelo († 2018)
• Maria Johanna Henriëtte Soppe, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1950)
• Gustaaf Gerard Cornelis Peeterman, Utrecht, Nederland († 1965)
• Hans VOSSEN, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Thomas Harry Haines, Kingston, Ulster, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• NN Feenstra, Kampen
• Roland VERCAMST, Waregem († 2004)
• Henricus Johannes Cornelis Maria van Erp, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Leonard Julius OTTENHOF, Ambarawa (Indonesië) († 1994)

• Camillo Graaf van Stubenberg-Guttenberg (89), Walkersdorf
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Nieuwenhuijzen (87), Ooltgensplaat
• Anna Mechtildis MEUWISSEN (80), Winterslag (Limburg) (B)
• Adriana Verburg (73), Alphen, Nederland
• Adriaan Hoogewerff (77), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Raaijmakers (88), Dordrecht
• Albertus Turien (71), Coevorden
• Antonia Inhoffen (76), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Rath, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Catharina Helena Johanna van Leest, Haaren
• Adrianus Johannes van Rooijen (73), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1948 » Györgyi Balogh, Hungarian sprinter
• 1948 » Patricia Hill Collins, American sociologist and scholar
• 1949 » Jim Clench, Canadian bass player († 2010)
• 1949 » Paul Teutul Sr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
• 1949 » Tim Hodgkinson, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1950 » Dann Florek, American actor and director
• 1950 » Danny McGrain, Scottish footballer and coach
• 1951 » Geoff Lees, English race car driver
• 1951 » Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
• 1951 » Sally Mann, American photographer

• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

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 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• 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 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
• 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 May 1, 1950 was between 8.7 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.