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• Johan Wijker, Winkel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Kees Groenendaal, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Marvin Stanley Herweyer, Holland, Ottawa, MI († 2011)
• Marinus de Bijl, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• N.N. van Wieren, Emmen († 1950)
• Donna Lee BARTMAN, Nappanee († 1950)
• Freddy Vanhove, Kuurne (België-West-Vlaanderen) († 2021)
• Johannes Maria Gerardus Bontje, Sassenheim († 2017)
• michael Dean Lovell, Pampa, Gray County, Texas, VS († 1975)
• Klasina Gerda van Buiten, Oldemarkt († 2013)

• Charlotte Elisabeth van Holsteijn (Holsreyn) (53), Batavia / Jakarta, West-Java (Nederlands Indië / Indonesië)
• Adriana Geertruida Hordijk (75), Capelle aan den IJssel, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Gerardus Prangers (51), Woubrugge
• Christiaan Frederik van Nifterik (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Br. Everardus Witte (82), Megen
• Charlotte Elisabeth van Holsteijn (Holsteyn) (53), Batavia (NOI)
• Antonius (Toon) van Opstal (70), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Dusée (66), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Barbara Duinmayer (70), Venlo
• Charles Francois Pontier (79), Roubaix, 59512, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• 1948 » Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author
• 1948 » Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1949 » Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer († 2003)
• 1949 » Ray Guy, American football player
• 1949 » Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer († 2012)
• 1951 » Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic
• 1951 » Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Anglo-Irish Territorial Army general, landowner, businessman, philanthropist, and hereditary peer († 2016)
• 1951 » Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer
• 1951 » Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist

• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)

• 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.
• January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

The temperature on December 22, 1950 was between -5.1 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.