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• Ronald Adriaan Dirk OORBEEK, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriaan de Visser, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2020)
• Geertruida Clara Harthoorn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Irene Theresa (Renie) Zieverink, Cincinnati, OH (US) († 2013)
• doodgeboren dochter van Witzenburg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Christopher John TENNANT († 2003)
• Piet van der WEIJDEN, Dubbeldam († 1968)
• Gerardus J. Dijkman, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Annemarie Hidding, Assen († 1992)
• Hennie Vos, Huizen († 2015)

• Belinda Aleida Kamphuis (66), Eefde (Gorssel)
• Alberta Katharina Theodora Stroothuis (67), Eindhoven
• Arie Koorneef (80), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Harthoorn (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnolda Petronella Kolenberg (39), Vught
• Anne Jans de Jong (71), Rotsterhaule, De Friese Meren, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ahlers (65), Oude Wetering, Nederland
• Arie VAN DIJK (54), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje ter Haar (49), Bussum
• Anne Jans de Jong (72), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1948 » Ron LeFlore, American baseball player and manager
• 1949 » Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer
• 1949 » Ralph Mann, American hurdler and author
• 1950 » Jerry Petrowski, American politician and farmer
• 1950 » Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor and politician
• 1951 » Charlie Dominici, American singer and guitarist
• 1951 » Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
• 1952 » George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1952 » Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Aris Velouchiotis, Greek general (b. 1905)
• 1946 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist (b 1889)
• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)

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.
• January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

The temperature on June 16, 1950 was between 5.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.