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• Rosantje Bogaard, Sluis († 1952)
• Levenloos Kind Timmerman, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Nelly Henstra († 2019)
• Lucia van Dommelen, Tilburg Nederland († 1992)
• Douglas Allen SHEARER, Tacoma Pierce County Washington U.S.A († 2006)
• NN Mijdenga, Schoonebeek,Emmen,Drenthe,Nederland († 1950)
• N.n. Bakker, Beverwijk († 1950)
• Constance Shelly Spark, Welland, CA-ON († 1998)
• Larry Lee Harper, Coffee Town, Georgia († 2000)
• John Russell McAliley, Foley, Baldwin County, Alabama († 2015)

• Arthur Abinun de Lima y Abinun de Lima (60), Ciudad de Mexico, Capital Federal, Mexico
• * Hubertus Wilhelmus (Willem) Hansen (88), Linne
• Catharina Albertina (Toos) Korsten (31), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Berendina Gergoskij (77), Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Cornelis van Rijn (59), Langbroek, Nederland
• Ake (Anna) Miedema (94), Holland, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carolus Alphonsus Mannaerts‏ (70), Geel, België
• Agnes Senn van Basel (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus Pols (73), Sliedrecht
• Andries van Wingaarden (69), Leerdam, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
• June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

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.