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• Maria Cornelia Anna Versluis, Ter Aar († 1995)
• Robert van Roon, Haarlem († 1950)
• Maria Josephina Hubertina Louisa Masthoff, Susteren († 2000)
• Jelle van Eerde, Urk, Nederland († 2012)
• Donata Emma zu Castell-RÜdenhausen, Rüdenhausen (Dld) († 2015)
• Rieki van de Vossenberg, Oss († 1977)
• Donata Emma van Castell-Rüdenhausen, Rüdenhausen (Duitsland) († 2015)
• Klazien van Ommen († 2019)
• Donata Emma von Castell-Rüdenhausen, Rüdenhausen, Allemagne († 2015)
• Michael Elwood Aalberts, Charlotte, North Carolina († 2008)

• Arnold van Dam (64), Haren
• Arnhold van Dam (64), Haren,Gemeente Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Bryant (79), New South Wales,Australia
• Adriaan Karssemakers (80), Boxtel
• Aaltje Kuit (83), Heerlen
• Antonio Francavilla (74), Barletta,Italie
• Aaltjen Grevelman (89), Oud Lutten
• Anna Hemmers (72)
• Arentje Vooijs (70), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie van Zanten (86), Wijngaarden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1949 » Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1949 » John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright
• 1950 » Anne Carson, Canadian poet and academic
• 1950 » Enn Reitel, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1950 » Joey Kramer, American rock drummer and songwriter (Aerosmith)
• 1950 » John Paul Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Trygve Thue, Norwegian guitarist and record producer
• 1951 » Alan Hudson, English footballer
• 1951 » Jim Douglas, American academic and politician, 80th Governor of Vermont
• 1951 » Terence Etherton, English lawyer and judge

• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Claude Farrère, French captain and author (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)
• 1964 » James Chaney, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)

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 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 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
• March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.

The temperature on June 21, 1950 was between 11.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.7 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.