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• Lamberdina Frederika Nijland († 1985)
• Lamberdina Frederika Nijland, Collendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1985)
• Terry Ann Tazelaar († 1997)
• Theodorus Bernardus Maria Buijsman, Grootebroek († 1994)
• Jan Lammerts Westerlaan († 2001)
• Hans van den Burg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Peter Lansink, Enschede († 2012)
• Hendrik Eilander, Meppel († 1997)
• Jerfaas Johannes Schaftenaar († 2006)
• Jenny Dragt († 2012)

• Bessie Odessa Bridges Jones [Bu] (56), Rutherford County, North Carolina
• Cornelis Jan Hendrik Daniël Roep (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Hessels Hoekstra (80), Leeuwarden
• Aafke Hessels Hoekstra (80), Leeuwarden
• Clazina Christina Borsboom (43), Den Haag,-
• Adriana Cornelia Rietveld (73), Delft
• Antonius Hubertus Servais (50), Maastricht
• Anna Margaretha Mallander (74), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Burnettie Josephine Mosley (76), Santa Barbara County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Beverwijk (70), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1948 » Allen Henry Vigneron, American archbishop
• 1948 » Shaye J. D. Cohen, American historian and academic
• 1949 » Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1949 » Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player († 1971)
• 1949 » Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1950 » Leela Vernon, Belizean musician and cultural conservationist († 2017)
• 1950 » Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut († 1986)
• 1952 » Allen Hoey, American poet and author
• 1952 » Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player († 1990)
• 1952 » Patti Davis, American actress and author

• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

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.
• January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• July 5 » Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
• July 11 » Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

The temperature on October 21, 1950 was between 4.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.