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• Henriette Elena KAPTEIJN, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Louis Gene Kruse, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2013)
• Patricia A. Ruch, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Joke (Joyce) (Harmke Jacoba) van der Galiën († 2008)
• Elizabeth Jacoba Adriana Maria Dingemans, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hedy Kolmus († 1995)
• Harmke Jacoba ( Joke , Joyce) van der Galien († 2008)
• Rijk van Diermen, Spakenburg († 1993)
• Tetje Meendering, Lauderbeetse, Sellingen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1950)
• Nancy Hart († 2005)

• Conrad Joseph Stöcker (73), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Houx (89), Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Arien Rood (84), Velp Gld
• Anna Maria Mertens (74), Tilburg
• Carel Joseph Wijngaards (71), Barneveld
• Aaltje Melgert (79), Nijkerk
• Akke Winkler (87), Sneek, Friesland, Sneek, Nederland
• Antje Schaftenaar (57), Ermelo
• Antje Schaftenaar (57), Ermelo
• Aagje Maria van Giersbergen (80), Rotterdam

• 1948 » Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1948 » Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1949 » Bruno Kirby, American actor and director († 2006)
• 1949 » Jeremy Cooke, English lawyer and judge
• 1949 » Paul Guilfoyle, American actor
• 1950 » Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
• 1950 » Steve Rider, English journalist and sportscaster
• 1950 » Willie Colón, Puerto Rican-American trombonist and producer
• 1951 » Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
• 1951 » Tim Congdon, English economist and politician

• 1944 » Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Hermann Fegelein, German general (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Roberto Farinacci, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)

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.
• June 27 » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

The temperature on April 28, 1950 was between 3.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.