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• Linda Nixon († 1997)
• Grada Alberdina Brouwer, Rheden († 2005)
• Cornelis de Heus, Jutfaas († 2017)
• Nn de Cock, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anna Reurich († 2003)
• N.N. Goosen, Breda († 1950)
• N.N. Kruitbosch, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• ten Bosch, Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Jan Van Duijvenbode († 2016)
• Margaritha Apolonia Petronella Maria van der Horst, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Agnes Elisabeth Jenny Maria van Eickstädt-Peterswaldt (86), Hamburg, Nedersaksen
• Caroline Katherine Weichel (77), Wray, Yuma, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Arij Boender (56), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Berend van der Haak (88), Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Adelaide Eveline Emily Jones (73), Ware, Hertfordshire. England
• Arie Oprel (84), Hilversum
• Augustus Seraphinus OPSTAELE (68), Leffinge
• Anna Catharina SCHELLEKENS (82), Weelde,2381,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Albert Roeberts (61), Coevorden (Drenthe)
• Arie Wessels (44), Hilversum

• 1948 » Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont
• 1949 » John Boehner, American businessman and politician, 61st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1949 » Michael Wenden, Australian swimmer
• 1949 » Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Vietnam
• 1950 » Roland Matthes, German swimmer († 2019)
• 1951 » Butch Davis, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot († 1987)
• 1951 » Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist
• 1951 » Stephen Root, American actor
• 1951 » Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician

• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)

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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

The temperature on November 17, 1950 was between -1.5 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.