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• Johanna Wemmigje (Joke) de Ruiter, Steenwijk († 2023)
• Thomas Karl STEPHENSON, Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States of America († 1998)
• Wilma Kokken, Tilburg († 2000)
• Nieuwmeijer, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Margje de ROOIJ, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Wilhelmina Stolk, Dordrecht Z.H († 2004)
• Leonardus van Bergen, Achthuizen († 1981)
• Cynthia S. (Cindy) van Kooten, Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois, VS († 2011)
• Willemijntje PLs Nijenhuis, Oegstgeest († 2001)
• Cornelius Jacobus Visser, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Clara Elisabet Neeteson (90), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Engelen (80), Bergeijk
• Akke Reinders Bantema (85), Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardina Antonia Meijer (47), Groningen
• Bernardina Antonia Meijer (47), Groningen
• Cornelia Slotboom (65), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Veenstra (49), Surhuizum
• Baziel Gustaaf De Smet (70), Overmere
• Alje Bieringa (76), Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amelia de Saegher (81), Haarlemmermeer

• 1948 » Jeff Baxter, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1948 » Lillian Board, South African-English sprinter († 1970)
• 1949 » R. A. MacAvoy, American computer programmer and author
• 1949 » Randy Owen, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Robert Lindsay, English actor and singer
• 1949 » Tom Verlaine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Julia Slingo, English meteorologist and academic
• 1950 » Linda Bellos, English businesswoman and politician
• 1950 » Tom Vilsack, American lawyer and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Agriculture
• 1950 » Wendie Malick, American actress, model and comedian

• 1942 » Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Elisabeth Volkenrath, Polish-German concentration camp supervisor (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Irma Grese, German concentration camp guard (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Josef Kramer, German concentration camp commandant (b. 1906)
• 1947 » Henry James, American lawyer and author (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Abraham Wald, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902)
• 1954 » John Raymond Hubbell, American director and composer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

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.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.

The temperature on December 13, 1950 was between -3.7 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.