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• Madeline Moss († 2004)
• Doodgeboren kind BOSLAND Jkd, Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1950)
• N.N. van der Wateren, Velsen-Noord, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Roland Philips Karel Ferdinand Maria Ghislain Graaf van Hemptinne, Namen, Wallonië († 2008)
• INGRID TOCK († 2001)
• Jan Stephanus Meijlink, MS Atlantic († 2021)
• Maria Bikker, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Leendert Goedegebure, Goes, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Petrus Johannes Maria Traa, Helvoirt († 1950)
• Roland de Hemptinne, Namur, 92094, Belgique († 2008)

• * Dirkje Benschop (75), Hagestein
• Annetje Knevel (84), Haarlem
• Alberdina Jans (40), Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Laffra. (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Annaatje Lof (76), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Schouten (72), Bleskensgraaf
• Aaltje ter Heide (75), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• anna gertrudis hermans (62), sevenum
• ,Elizabeth Jacoba Zuur (37), Den Haag, Nederland
• Desiderius Aerts (73), Herenthout, België

• 1946 » Richard Axel, American neuroscientist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
• 1947 » Larry David, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Mutula Kilonzo, Kenyan lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Greg Brown, American musician
• 1949 » Robert Paquette, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Jon Trickett, English politician
• 1950 » Lynne Brindley, English librarian and academic
• 1952 » Anatoliy Solomin, Ukrainian race walker and coach
• 1952 » Sylvia Rivera, American transgender rights activist († 2002)

• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)

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 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
• January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• 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.
• June 25 » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
• November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
• November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.

The temperature on July 2, 1950 was between 7.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.