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• Andries van Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Arie van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Andries van Rijn, Katwijk († 2012)
• Paul Maertens
• Neeltje Buirs († 2008)
• petrus jacobus johannes (jac) gielen, maasbree († 2003)
• Arie van Duijvenvoorde, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Ina Geertse, Biggekerke († 2004)
• Roger Gerken, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2017)
• Rob Terpstra, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Clarence Clemen Wessels (51), New Vienna, Dubuque County, Iowa
• Adriaan de Pooter (88), Axel
• Aleida Johanna Keizer (90), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Charley Montgomery (81), Vincennes, Knox, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinette Arnolda Maria Stael (34)
• Christiaan Verkroos (72), Amsterdam
• Bouwmeester (83), Gemeente Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cilardus Benedictus Vanderjeugd (85), Westrozebeke
• Carolus Ludovicus Oscar LATHOUWERS (66), Lint
• (70), Maurik, Netherlands

• 1947 » Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 1948 » Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
• 1949 » Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress († 2014)
• 1951 » Matthew Engel, English journalist and author
• 1951 » Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
• 1952 » Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner

• 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)

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.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• 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.
• November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

The temperature on June 11, 1950 was between 6.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.