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• Meindert Schollema, Toornwerd († 2019)
• Stella Fartek, Austria († 1989)
• Besselink, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Lucia van Hoek, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Louis Böke, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Daniëlle Mol, Enschede
• Wessel Herman Ahlers, Erica († 2021)
• Louis Böke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2009)
• Gerrit Vlaming, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2021)
• Isidoor Weemaes, Temse oost Vlaanderen Belgie († 1975)

• Christiaan SWAANSWIJK (70), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barthold Jacob Lintelo de Geer (66), Utrecht (U)
• Alida Butzelaar (83), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana de Jong (88), Delft
• Aaltje Wesdorp (72)
• Berend Jan van Voorst (59), Blokzijl,Gemeente Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• DRIESSENS ISABELLA-PETRONELLA-SYBILLA (82), KINROOI
• Albert van der Ham (66), Ede
• Aaltje Jans Nobach (86), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Camiel WIEME (79)

• 1948 » Peggy Fleming, American figure skater and sportscaster
• 1949 » André Dupont, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 » Maureen McGovern, American singer and actress
• 1949 » Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor († 2010)
• 1949 » Robert Rankin, English author and illustrator
• 1949 » Rory MacDonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1950 » Simon Jones, English actor
• 1951 » Bob Diamond, American-English banker and businessman
• 1951 » Rolf Thung, Dutch tennis player
• 1951 » Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs

• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)

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 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
• January 23 » The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
• November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
• 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 27, 1950 was between 10.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.