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• Linda Lee Todd, New Hannover, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Gerrit Schoemaker, Ommen († 1966)
• Hendrikje de Jonge, Borger (Drenthe) († 1951)
• Jacques Van Reusel, Belgium († 2003)
• Joseph Deguelle, Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• maria petronella francisca janssen, helden-grashoek
• Edith Jenee McDowell, Saint Marys (Camden County) (Georgia) († 2006)
• Christina Anna Maria "Christa" Lenten, Delft
• Daniel Edgar SPANGLER
• Alberdina Havinga, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1950)

• Antje Breggeman (73), schiedam (zuid holland)
• Adolphus Josephus Herman (88), Vrasene
• Adrianus Johannis van Rooijen (73), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Harten, Nieuwpoort, Nederland
• Bessel Geijtenbeek (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Veltman (79), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham Menheere (66), Scherpenisse
• Arend Jan Dekker (21), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Benjamin Robinson (94), United States of America
• Adrianus Arnoldus van den Broek (75), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1949 » David Hogan, American composer and educator († 1996)
• 1949 » John Farnham, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Néjia Ben Mabrouk, Tunisian-Belgian director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Venkaiah Naidu, Indian lawyer and politician
• 1950 » David Duke, American white supremacist, politician and former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard
• 1951 » Anne Feeney, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1951 » Julia Goodfellow, English physicist and academic
• 1951 » Klaus-Peter Justus, German runner
• 1951 » Tom Kozelko, American basketball player
• 1951 » Trevor Eve, English actor and producer

• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
• 1948 » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Eliel Saarinen, Finnish-American architect, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, novelist and journalist (b. 1922)
• 1961 » Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

• 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.
• February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
• July 16 » Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
• September 26 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.

The temperature on July 1, 1950 was between 9.7 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.