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• Gerrit Don, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Levensloze zoon van Asselt, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1950)
• Cornelis Laurentius Schavemaker, Heemskerk
• Antonius Cornelis Maria Graauwmans, Breda
• Betty Abbas († 2001)
• Gerrit (Ger) Don, Vlaardingen († 2004)
• Janice Rose Fuhr, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, VS († 2023)
• Jan Loman*, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Johanna van den Wijngaard, Gilze en Rijen († 2003)
• Helga Gleichfeld, Schleswig, Schleswig-Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Duitsland († 1950)

• Adrianus van de Pas (66), Haaren
• Antoinette Henriette Elise Roelina de Vroome (62), Hilversum
• Antonij Slaghekke (83), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Nicolaas van der Valk (31), Delft
• Alida Hoeve (78), Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje Post (40), Purmerend
• Bernhardus Antonius Zuidinga (55), Eibergen NL
• Caroline J FOERTSCH (59), Wesley, Kossuth, Iowa, United States
• Catharina Noltee (93), Rotterdam
• Antoine Hendrikus van Calsteren (77), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1948 » Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer († 2015)
• 1948 » Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)
• 1949 » Charley Steiner, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1949 » Geezer Butler, English bass player and songwriter
• 1950 » Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1950 » Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
• 1950 » Tengku Sulaiman Shah, Malaysian corporate figure
• 1951 » Andrew Robathan, English soldier and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1951 » Lucie Arnaz, American actress and singer
• 1951 » Mark Bowden, American journalist and author

• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)

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. 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.
• May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
• May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

The temperature on July 17, 1950 was between 10.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.