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• Johanna Wilhelmina van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• de Jong, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Carolyn Louise DEBOEF († 1950)
• Petrus Van Spittael, Temse († 2020)
• Grietje Hilbertha Bakker († 2005)
• Ine Elsjen Gelderman, Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2004)
• Tinie Pater († 2012)
• Johannes Klunder, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1950)
• Freddy De Praeter, Merelbeke († 1951)
• Johanna Wilhelmna van Duijvenbode, Katwijk († 2002)

• Adrianus Zandvliet (22), Bloemendaal
• Anna \ Martha Böttcher (72), Obermarsberg, Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
• Abraham de Jonge (76), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonia Kruidenier (75), Alblasserdam
• Andries Johannes Nicolai (58), Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Luijendijk (103), Abbenbroek, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Nicolai (58)
• Adriana Maria Reeuwijk (82), Ter Aar
• Andries Johannes Nicolai (58), Twijzel
• Andries Johannesz Nicolai (58)

• 1948 » Mark Andes, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Pim Fortuyn, Dutch sociologist, academic, and politician († 2002)
• 1948 » Tony Iommi, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 » Barry Lloyd, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1949 » Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer († 1998)
• 1949 » Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist († 2015)
• 1949 » William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1951 » Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani scholar and politician, founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran

• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)
• 1959 » Willard Miller, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1877)
• 1962 » Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the Pap smear (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Ralph Edward Flanders, (b. 1890) US Senator from Vermont.

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.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

The temperature on February 19, 1950 was between 4.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.