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• Gerrit Roelof Bijsterbosch, Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Willem Adolf Enger, Pengalengan, Java († 1989)
• Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Maria Buijck, Lisse († 2016)
• Johannes Willem Stolk, Rotterdam,, Nederland († 2015)
• Hendrika Weening († 1950)
• Daniel Ray Nummerdor († 1955)
• Aad de Wit, Heemskerk, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2021)
• Har Evers, Herten († 1992)
• Petronella Antonia Johanna Brekelmans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Thieu Cuppens († 1998)

• Antonia Olij (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kolk (66), Epe
• Anna Elizabeth Ragsdale (81), Dunnavent, Shelby, Alabama, United States
• Anna Maria ??????? Lemmens ???????, Venray
• Adriana Elisabeth Joanna Teurlings (2), Goirle
• Anna Maria (Annie) de Jong (60), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart KOLK (66), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Aletta van Waveren Hogervorst (50), Purmerend
• Annie Lavinia Hasselman (56), Noordwijk aan Zee
• Adrianus Euser (78), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1948 » Avi Arad, Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
• 1948 » Cliff Branch, American football player
• 1948 » David Gemmell, English journalist and author († 2006)
• 1949 » Jim Carroll, American poet, author, and musician († 2009)
• 1949 » Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1949 » Ray Nettles, American football player († 2009)
• 1950 » Roy Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 » Pete Mackanin, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 » Tim Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Tommy Bolin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)

• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

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. 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.
• January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.

The temperature on August 1, 1950 was between 11.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.