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• Levenloos Kind Timmerman, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Gerritje van Harten, Barneveld († 2006)
• NN Mijdenga, Schoonebeek, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Bote Gerben Hettinga, Burgwerd († 2022)
• Douglas Allen SHEARER, Tacoma Pierce County Washington U.S.A († 2006)
• Wiel Kempen, Maasbree († 2011)
• Brigitta Marie Madeleine Cailliau, Lanaken, 3620, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Lucia van Dommelen, Tilburg Nederland († 1992)
• Jaap van Straten († 1964)
• Mathilda Antonia (Tilly) Aelen, Asenray († 1993)

• Aart Stravers (70), Jutphaas, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Catharina Albertina (Toos) Korsten (31), Roermond
• Angelique Caroline Marie Blankenheijm (76), Voorschoten
• van Oorschot (0), Rotterdam
• Aleida Adriana Vosselman (75), ...........
• Alida Adriana Vosselman (75), Scherpenzeel, Nederland
• Anthonie Cornelis van Rijn (59), Langbroek, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petri
• Anna Commandeur (69), Spanbroek *
• Bastiaan de Kreij (76), Giessendam

• 1945 » Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player († 2013)
• 1945 » Larry Little, American football player
• 1946 » Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1946 » Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer († 2001)
• 1947 » Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer
• 1949 » Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
• 1951 » Lindy Morrison, Australian rock drummer
• 1951 » Thomas Mallon, American novelist, essayist, and critic
• 1952 » Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer
• 1954 » Pat Croce, American businessman and author

• 1944 » Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
• 1961 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)

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.
• August 1 » Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
• August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
• 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.

The temperature on November 2, 1950 was between 3.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.