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• Lambertus Zondag, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Carinus (Rinus) van Londen, Arnhem, Nederland († 2022)
• NN Helmus, Groningen (Groningen) († 1950)
• Petrus Albertus Georgius van Dam, Leiden († 2008)
• Gerrit (Gert) de Beus († 2011)
• Désiré‚ Odile Van Der Heyden, Hamme († 2010)
• Maria Verbrugge, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2015)
• Lisette Beerten, Hasselt († 2012)
• Richard John Mather born Brown († 2015)
• Jannetje Agatha van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Adriana Henkes (71), Poortugaal
• Afke Althuisius (86), Kollumerland
• Anna van Beusekom (84), Tiel (GL)
• Alberta Johanna Vree (76)
• Arie Hagendijk (28), Rotterdam
• Agatha Pot (49), Zaandam
• August Janssens (78), Schaarbeek
• Afke Durks Althuisius (86), Lutjewoude Augsbuurt
• Adriana Machielse (74)
• Aime-Nicolas Lejeune (66), Ronquieres, Belgie

• 1949 » Judith Resnik, Ukrainian-American engineer and astronaut († 1986)
• 1949 » Larry Franco, American film producer
• 1949 » Stanley Dziedzic, American wrestler
• 1950 » Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1950 » Ann C. Crispin, American writer († 2013)
• 1950 » Franklin Chang Díaz, Costa Rican-Chinese American astronaut and physicist
• 1950 » Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
• 1950 » Toshiko Fujita, Japanese actress, singer and narrator († 2018)
• 1951 » Les Binks, Irish drummer and songwriter
• 1951 » Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, Belarusian hurdler

• 1945 » Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
• 1946 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
• 1947 » Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
• 1950 » Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.
• 1954 » Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1954 » Princess Märtha of Sweden, (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 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• 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.
• November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
• December 25 » The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.

The temperature on April 5, 1950 was between 5.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.