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• Trijntje van Eerten, Meppel († 2013)
• William Joe Schipper, Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan) († 2004)
• Johannes Anthonius van Viersen († 2000)
• Marja Maureen van Hulst († 1985)
• Trijntje Kuperus, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1951)
• AREND hilbrink († 1987)
• Henricus Gerardus Wilhelmus Waterschoot, Hoogeloon († 2005)
• NN Linnenbank, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1950)
• Paul Honoré Elisabeth Marie de Meijer, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• William Abram Jenkins, Gaston County, North Carolina

• Adriana Merison (88), Kortgene
• Adriana Jobse (70), Serooskerke, Nederland
• Albert Jan Burgers (84), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ankje Jans VAN DER MEULEN (85)
• August L. Peters (44), Arnhem
• annigje jacobje van BELLE (80), bozeman, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elizabeth Beekelaar (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amy Caroline Read (60), Uckfield, East Sussex, England
• Adriana Heesakkers (62), Schijndel
• August Stephan Peters (44), Arnhem

• 1948 » Jeremy Spencer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » René Arnoux, French race car driver
• 1948 » Tommy Körberg, Swedish singer and actor
• 1950 » David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host
• 1950 » Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer
• 1951 » John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician
• 1951 » Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, American lawyer and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
• 1951 » Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist
• 1951 » Vladimir Tismăneanu, Romanian-American political scientist, sociologist, and academic
• 1952 » Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia

• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
• 1938 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)

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 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• March 7 » Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
• 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 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
• October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

The temperature on July 4, 1950 was between 11.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.