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• Harmannus Bernardus Grimme, Emmen († 1953)
• Nellie Verrips, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Oost
• Annie van der Valle († 2003)
• Minic Engelen († 1974)
• Gerardus H. van der Voorn, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 2007)
• Willem Biersteker, Den Helder, Nederland († 2009)
• Luitzen Jan Wobma, Leeuwarden
• Cornelis Johannes Weeland, Vlissingen († 2023)
• Arjen Gerrit Wormgoor († 1953)

• Carol Jeanne Nobbe (0)
• Antonius Johannes Bernardus******* HEERINGS (0), Eindhoven(N-Br.)
• Anneke Van Velsen (2), Hilversum
• Aaltje Duitman (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carolina Jacoba Jandr Crum (84), Amsterdam,the Netherlands
• Anneke van Velsen (2)
• Anna van der Mije (71), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Maurice NORMAND (61), Paris 15eme (75-Paris), France
• Anna Maria Hubertina Demandt (64), Obbicht en Papenhoven
• Anna van der Mije (71), Zandvoort

• 1947 » Dorothy Lyman, American actress
• 1947 » Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia († 2013)
• 1948 » Régis Wargnier, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Geoff Bodine, American race car driver
• 1950 » Grigory Sokolov, Russian pianist and composer
• 1950 » Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer
• 1950 » Paul Callery, Australian footballer
• 1950 » Tina Chow, American model and jewelry designer († 1992)
• 1951 » Pierre Pettigrew, Canadian businessman and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1951 » Ricardo Fortaleza, Australian-Filipino boxer and coach

• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Ernie Pyle, American journalist and soldier (b. 1900)
• 1945 » John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer, invented the vacuum tube (b. 1849)
• 1947 » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Óscar Carmona, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 11th President of Portugal (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice Gamelin, Belgian-French general (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)

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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• May 5 » Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned as King of Thailand.
• May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
• September 23 » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
• October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
• October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.

The temperature on April 18, 1950 was between 4.4 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.