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• Otto Benjamin Petersen, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)
• Kenneth Graham HUNTER, Murchison, Tasman, New Zealand († 2000)
• Cornelia Rotteveel, Oude-Wetering († 2006)
• Anje Maring, Roodeschool
• Carolus Josephus Ruyloft, Sint-Truiden, België († 1950)
• Leon Ash, Johannesburg, South Africa († 2011)
• Theo Drenth († 1983)
• Roger W Broek, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2023)
• NN Beljaards, Den Haag
• Antonius Johannes Valkenburg van, Breda († 2016)

• (75), Kalenberg, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Vugts (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Anthonie Augustijn (80), Heerenveen
• Ada Emma Carolina (jonkvrouw) de Sturler de Frienisberg (67), Haarlem
• Adolphine Jacqueline Louise barones van Pallandt (84), Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Voois, Hoek van Holland
• Anna Watson (51), San Francisco
• (Marie Louise) Celeda Bergeron (69), Holyoke, MA
• Adriana Berendina Johanna WICHMAN (0), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jantje Van Der Weide (59), Hoogeveen

• 1946 » Elisabeth Sladen, English actress († 2011)
• 1947 » Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
• 1947 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist († 1983)
• 1947 » Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1948 » Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1950 » Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs
• 1950 » Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1950 » Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1951 » Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 » Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general († 2012)

• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Piet Mondrian, Dutch-American painter (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Herbert Stothart, American conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Nicolae Dumitru Cocea, Romanian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Hedda Hopper, American actress and journalist (b. 1885)

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.
• March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• October 9 » The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
• 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 February 1, 1950 was between 1.6 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.