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• N.N. Pelzers, Sittard († 1950)
• Nicolaas Johan Jacob Kortman, 's Gravenhage († 2002)
• Stillborn van Dorrestein-, Avereest, Nederland († 1950)
• Rose Ann Nelson, Hawthorne, Mineral, Nevada, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Otto Michels, NB Plaats Onbekend, NB Land Onbekend († 2019)
• Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2017)
• Levenloos Kind Laning, Groningen († 1950)
• Doodgeboren kind Seijkens, Deurne († 1950)
• Paul Ghislain (Paul) Achten, Hasselt, België († 1973)
• A M Vos († 2012)

• Arie van Elst (51), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Spijkers (78), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrudis SPIJKERS (78), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Daniëls Stobbe (90)
• Agatha Susanna Jorna (68), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Aukes de Boer (81), Wartena, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Bernardus Cornelisse (71), Zaandam, Nederland
• Adriana Dekker (75), Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Aukes de Boer (81)
• "Yvonne" Marie Adèle Larcher de Lavernade (69), La Bretesche, Champtoceaux, Maine-et-Loire, France

• 1947 » Patricia Bennett, American singer
• 1948 » John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Mitch Daniels, American academic and politician, 49th Governor of Indiana
• 1950 » Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 1951 » Bruce Gary, American drummer († 2006)
• 1951 » Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 » Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1952 » Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 » Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete

• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

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.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
• September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
• 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.

The temperature on April 7, 1950 was between 1.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.