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• Ineke Watermulder, Hoogezand-Sappemeer († 2008)
• Robert Willem van der Poel, Semarang Indonesië († 2003)
• Harald Oosterbroek, Apeldoorn († 1965)
• Jose van der Kaa, Oosterhout († 1998)
• Gerarda Gentjens, Pulderbos († 2016)
• Richard Dennis Todd ?****, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Klaas Schilder, Volendam (Edam) († 1978)
• Sibilla Maria Edmond Dohmen, Kerkrade (L († 2011)
• Thomas J. Kearney († 1997)
• Hillechiena Reintina Willemina Boekhoudt, Groningen († 1951)

• Antonius de Swart (81), Alphen en Riel
• Anna S 1 Asbill (76), Dripping Springs, Crawford, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Eigenraam (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Meerendonk van den (83), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Gils (69), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Dietz (81), Den Haag
• Bartele Jans Moedt (78), Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonie STOLTENBORG (67), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Auguste Timmermans (78), Hoeselt
• Alexander Floris Kriel (77), Montagu, South Africa

• 1948 » Jed Johnson, American interior designer and director († 1996)
• 1949 » David Bedford, English runner
• 1949 » Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance († 2014)
• 1950 » Bjarne Stroustrup, Danish computer scientist, created the C++ programming language
• 1950 » Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author
• 1950 » Martti Vainio, Finnish runner
• 1950 » Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
• 1951 » Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
• 1951 » Nick Rose, English runner

• 1937 » Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (b. 1852)
• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)

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 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
• 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 30, 1950 was between -13.3 °C and -7.1 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.