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• Sjouke Bakker († 1952)
• Franciscus Marcel Rombouts, Duffel, België († 2016)
• Harold Gee, Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Leijten († 2009)
• Connie Joy VAN WYK, Oskaloosa Mahaska County Iowa U.S.A († 1950)
• Willem Mulder, Ermelo († 2018)
• Nickola Daniel Borich, Portland, Oregon († 2010)
• Johannes Arkema, Doodstil gem. Eemsmond
• Doodgeboren kind van der Sanden, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1950)
• Tineke Bavinck, Baarn († 1982)

• Anne Annes de Jong (62), leeuwarden
• Adriana Meijers (85), de Bilt
• Bernardus Johannes van Oers (79), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reijseger (70), Amsterdam
• Catharina Helena Maria Bondrager (60), Zandberg, Nederland
• Adriana Meijers (85), De Bilt (UT, NLD)
• Alie van de Kieft (4), Barneveld, Nederland
• Alida Smal (71)
• Adriana Broeren (73), Lekkerkerk (Z.-H.), Neth
• Berend Roelof Hofstee (35), Rotterdam

• 1948 » Bülent Arınç, Turkish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 » Klaus Meine, German rock singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Marianne Elliott, Northern Irish historian, author, and academic
• 1949 » Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator
• 1949 » Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
• 1950 » Robby Steinhardt, American rock violinist and singer
• 1951 » Bob Gale, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
• 1952 » Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
• 1952 » Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach

• 1934 » Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (b. 1874)
• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)

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 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
• March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
• September 23 » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

The temperature on May 25, 1950 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.