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• Jose Raul Moreno († 2008)
• Roger Degrande, Staden († 1951)
• Albertha Egberdina Schoorlemmer, Dalfsen († 2013)
• Theodora Does, Noordwijkerhout († 1961)
• William Eno Saathoff, Denver, Adams, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Maria Susanna Mijnlieff, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Peter BELLEFROID († 2014)
• Regine Françoise Cornelia Vermeersch, Killem, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1951)
• Joseph von Waldburg zu Wolfegg und Waldsee († 2017)
• Marc Helven, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 2017)

• Alida Maria Knijn (67), Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Abraham van TWIST (88), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Knijn (67), Rinnegom, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Louise Metevia (56)
• Adriana Klazina Goes (75), Scheveningen
• alberta hendrika BOUWHUIS (67), ermelo
• Anna Berkhout (61), Rotterdam
• Anne Rademaker (75), Racine, Wisconsin, 54143, VS
• Adriana Kamper (40), Haarlem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kolen (80), Tilburg

• 1948 » Cassandra Harris, Australian actress († 1991)
• 1948 » Charlie Scott, American basketball player
• 1949 » Brian Roper, English economist and academic
• 1949 » Don Johnson, American actor
• 1950 » Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian
• 1950 » Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor
• 1951 » George Donikian, Australian journalist
• 1951 » Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1951 » Tim Webster, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1952 » Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer

• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)

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.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• June 3 » Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
• 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 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• December 16 » Korean War: In response to China's Second Phase Offensive, U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a limited state of emergency.

The temperature on December 15, 1950 was between -1.1 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 13.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.