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• Gerardus Cornelis Brinkman, Dirksland († 2018)
• Vrouke Barmentloo, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Girl HOPE, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1950)
• Maria Gerarda van Buul, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Arie den Bakker, Rockanje
• Jaap van Doorn, Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Pietertje (Pia) Lunenborg, Emmen († 2020)
• Marianne van Es, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jay de Vries († 1950)
• Herrewijn, Haaksbergen († 1950)

• Albert Hendrik Nijenhuis (82), Enschede
• Adriana Maria van Dijk (72), Tilburg
• Adriana Jans (48), Roermond, Netherlands
• Areaantje Maria Sleutel (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Adelheid Wessels (67), Barger Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Versteeg (78), Zierikzee
• Anna Van Leeuwen (61), Alkmaar
• Adolphe de Schwarzenberg (59)
• Adolf VON SCHWARZENBERG (59), Bordighera Italy
• Alle Wiebesz Hofstra (73), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 1947 » Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
• 1950 » Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
• 1951 » Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
• 1951 » Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist († 1991)
• 1951 » Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Walter de Silva, Italian car designer
• 1953 » Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author
• 1953 » Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana

• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)

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 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.

The temperature on February 27, 1950 was between -3.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.