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• Rudolf Eduard (Rudi) van Beek, Nijmegen († 2015)
• NN jellema, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Barbara Jeanne Keegstra, Seattle-WA-U.S.A († 1986)
• Cecile Becks, Amersfoort (Ut/NL) († 2006)
• Hans Kwaak († 2013)
• Adriaan Franciscus Johannes Beerens, Baarle-Nassau († 2015)
• Terry Lee Roemeling, Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota († 1999)
• Henry Allen Moret, Sioux Center, Sioux, Iowa (USA) († 1950)
• Brigitte Brandt, Oberlemp, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany († 2005)
• James Lynn Dykshorn († 2019)

• Anna J. Wibben (74), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alphonse Augustin Adélard Marie Pancrace CARDON de LICHTBUER (81), Destelbergen, 44013, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Aaltje Lichtendonk (37), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Mein (91), Wedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Metselaar (92), Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Antonio Arredondo Jr (30), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Theodorus Maria Poort (66), Nijmegen
• Arend Vredenberg (88), Zwollerkerspel
• Aaltje Lichtendonk (37), Groningen
• Antonius Hendrikus Smorenburg (61), Woerden, Utrecht, NL

• 1947 » John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter
• 1948 » Earl Williams, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1948 » Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
• 1948 » Tom Latham, American politician
• 1949 » Tommy Mottola, American businessman and music publisher
• 1950 » Bruce Oldfield, English fashion designer
• 1952 » Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer († 2014)
• 1952 » Franklin Graham, American evangelist and missionary
• 1952 » George Lewis, American musician and composer
• 1952 » Joel Silver, American actor and producer, co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment

• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Adrianus
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.
• January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• 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.

The temperature on July 14, 1950 was between 12.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.