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• Alida Maria Petronella Oostdam, Voorhout († 2024)
• Jan Swart, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2014)
• Andries van Dijk, Maassluis († 1963)
• Antonius Maria Stolk, Poeldijk Z.H († 2001)
• Kees Vloet, Sint Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Gerda (van) Gerdinge, verm. Wilsum, Overijssel, Nederland († 1973)
• Johan Slot, Enschede († 2013)
• gerardus lodewijk hilarius (ger) peeters, helden-beringe
• N.N. Laros, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1950)
• Bernard GALLON, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 2003)

• Berendina van der Vinne (76), Roden, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vleugels‏ (85), Geel, België
• Antonius Wouter van Eyck (79), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berdina Maria van der Meijs (45), Tilburg
• Anthonie van Vuuren (61), rotterdam
• Arie Ooms (80), Berkenwoude
• Adrian Marinus van Luijk (61), Wassenaar
• Albert Veen (90), Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Jelles Walsweer (85)
• August Nicolaas Saaltink (24), Heemstede, the Netherlands

• 1946 » Randal Kleiser, American actor, director, and producer
• 1947 » Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Gerd Binnig, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1948 » Muse Watson, American actor and producer
• 1950 » Edward Leigh, English lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Lucille Lemay, Canadian archer
• 1951 » Jeff Rawle, English actor and screenwriter
• 1953 » Dave Evans, Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Marcia Hines, American-Australian singer and actress
• 1953 » Thomas Friedman, American journalist and author

• 1937 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Lew Fields, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)

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 31 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
• November 1 » Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
• 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.

The temperature on July 20, 1950 was between 16.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.