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• Wil Bambacht, Hellouw, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henriette Wilma Haacke, Eindhoven († 1950)
• Wim Stolk († 2011)
• Willem Johannes Stolk, De Lier, Nederland († 2011)
• Sergie Vasikovsi († 2019)
• Frans Couckuyt, Wevelgem, WVL, B († 2009)
• Alfons SEGERS, Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2003)
• Gerardus. Wessels, Emmen († 1951)
• Jaap Snijders († 2021)
• Maria Louisa Petronella Disco, Steenbergen († 1955)

• AALTINA LAMBERDINA WESTERMAN (53), RADEWIJK
• Alida Cornelia Hoogland (67), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Margaretha Willems (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angenietje Sybrens Hulsinga (88)
• Anthonia Spierenburg (85), Utrecht
• Aafje Brinks (81), Emmen
• Antonia (Tonia) Bastiaan (84), Grafhorst, Ov, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Van Muijlwijk (67), Gorinchem, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Polderboer (93), Sleat
• Adriana Johanna van Veen (58), Heerlen

• 1948 » Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
• 1948 » Dave Kingman, American baseball player
• 1948 » Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
• 1949 » Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1949 » Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso († 1987)
• 1950 » Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
• 1950 » Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Max Maven, American magician and mentalist
• 1951 » Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
• 1952 » Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player († 2015)

• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)
• 1945 » George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)

• 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 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• January 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on December 21, 1950 was between -3.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.