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• Theodorus Franciscus Maria Nagelkerken, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anthonius Cornelis Schenkeveld, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ineke Vonk, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Richard Pierre François Marie de Verdun, Dangeau ( Eure et Loire ) († 2014)
• Theresia Christina Maria van Weesenbeek, Dongen-Vaart († 2021)
• Viviane CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 2019)
• Alphonsus Hubertus Schoffelen, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Vincentius Johannes Franciscus (Vincent) Klaus, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Tijmen Calis, Baarn († 2014)
• Willempje de Boer († 2019)

• Cecilia Petronella van Leeuwen (82), Udenhout, Tilburg
• Bartje Christina Jüngeling (78), Ellcom
• Adriana Laura Alma (62), Voorthuizen (Gd)
• Adriaan Pagter (90), Middelburg
• Aafke Eeuwes de Jong (76), Ureterp
• Adriana van Nistelrooij (53), Boxtel
• Aagje Ages de Vries (73)
• Bart Blaauwendraad (71), Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Son (73)
• Armand Joannes Princen (61), Klein-Gelmen, België

• 1947 » Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
• 1948 » Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Canadian President of the Treasury Board († 2011)
• 1950 » Colleen Hewett, Australian singer and actress
• 1950 » David Graf, American actor († 2001)
• 1951 » David Nutt, English psychiatrist and academic
• 1951 » Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
• 1952 » Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Billy West, American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
• 1952 » Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
• 1952 » Michel Blanc, French actor and director

• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)

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 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 19 » China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

The temperature on April 16, 1950 was between 1.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.