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• Jim Sulkers, Winnipeg (Canada) († 2002)
• Jeannette Matthijsse, Oostburg, ziekenhuis in de Langestraat 47
• Lisabeth Knight Logan, Bridgeport, Fairfield, CT († 1951)
• Jannie Kramer, Dordrecht († 1951)
• Angelo Goedemondt, Vlissingen († 2015)
• Eelkje Roorda, Wirdum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Geneviève Lydie Lucienne Ludgarde Ghislaine WADIN, Rebecq-Rognon, 25090, Brabant Wallon, Belgique († 1951)
• Ryan Peter Busch, Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa († 1998)
• Rita Loef, Hengelo († 2019)
• Reinhard Weitendorf, Hamburg, Hamburg († 2012)

• Albertus Wildeboer (64), Haarlem
• Annetje Hofman (91), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amédée Marie "Gaston" Emé de Marcieu (60), Les Vans, Ardèche, France
• Arnoldus Toussaint (76), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vermaeten (77), Kessel (D)
• Antonia Grada Braam (88), De Steeg, Nederland
• Alkie Rippentrop (57), Waverly, Codington County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Riedijk (46), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Arris Druijff (93), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria VERMAATEN (77), Asperden

• 1948 » Hermann Hauser, Austrian-English businessman, co-founded Acorn Computers and Olivetti Research Laboratory
• 1949 » Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician
• 1949 » Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet († 2019)
• 1949 » Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor
• 1949 » Würzel, English singer and guitarist († 2011)
• 1950 » Maths O. Sundqvist, Swedish businessman († 2012)
• 1951 » Ángel de Andrés López, Spanish actor († 2016)
• 1951 » Charly García, Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1951 » David Wills, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Fatmir Sejdiu, Kosovan academic and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo

• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)

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 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
• July 5 » Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

The temperature on October 23, 1950 was between 2.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.