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• Nadia Emineh Ismail Chirine DNA53, Egypt († 2009)
• David William HUNTER, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada († 2001)
• Pieters, Zevenbergen
• dinie burgers, wormer († 2009)
• Ria (Maria Jacoba Gerarda) JANSSEN, Afferden, Nederland
• Thomas F. Bitto, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Reinier van den Berg, Voorhout († 2020)
• Diane Catherine Moisand
• N.N. Gerrits, Gilze en Rijen († 1950)
• Pietertje Johanna Carnas († 1994)

• Alida de Graaf (88), Maassluis, 6131, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alle Dooijes Bakker (83), Workum, Friesland, Nederland
• Alberdina Nijhof (49), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Belt (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Cornelis VLIET, van (102), Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Schacht (67), Staden West Vlaanderen België
• Arie Jacobus van der Oord (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Slangen* (72), Meerssen
• Adriaan (Gijsen) Gijzen (81), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Bruin (76), Baarn

• 1946 » Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster
• 1947 » Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter († 2016)
• 1948 » Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1949 » Claudia Kolb, American swimmer
• 1949 » Orna Berry, Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman
• 1949 » Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat
• 1951 » Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author († 1986)
• 1951 » Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
• 1952 » Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer

• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)
• 1946 » Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
• 1953 » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1968 » Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884)
• 1972 » Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888)

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.
• May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
• May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
• 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 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.

The temperature on December 19, 1950 was between -10.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.