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• Martinus Theodorus Johannes Maria de Wijs, Budel († 2004)
• Leonarda Francina Margaretha van der Linden, Cothen († 2004)
• Phillip Raymond DAWES, Meercroft, Tasmania, Australia († 2005)
• Aaltje (Ankje) HOUKES, Noordwolde Groningen Netherlands († 1982)
• Wim Dormans († 2009)
• Christian Willem Buijs, Klundert,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• N.N. Genders, Maastricht († 1950)
• Adriana Nicolina Snoei († 1988)
• Ankje Aaltje Houkes, Noordwolde († 1982)
• Bernardus Franciscus Anthonius Baak, Hoogmade († 2009)

• Aalt Petersen (66), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Kock (81), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Cornelia van de Bijl (70), Valburg
• 570 Jacob Rietdijk (78), Rockanje, Nederland
• *Veronika van Bruggen (77), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonius van Zeelst (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Berendina van den Dijk (77), Almelo
• Anthonie Pieter Houtekamer (24), Wemeldinge
• Cornelis van der Rijken (67), Made,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelia van de Bijl (70), Valburg, 6675, Nederland

• 1948 » Siddaramaiah, Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1949 » Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer († 2013)
• 1949 » Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer († 2012)
• 1949 » Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
• 1949 » Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
• 1950 » August "Kid Creole" Darnell, American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
• 1950 » George McGinnis, American basketball player
• 1950 » Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Klaus Toppmöller, German football manager and former player

• 1940 » Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1941 » Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1941 » Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English soldier and politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 » David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1955 » James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1964 » Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)

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.
• February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• May 19 » Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
• May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• November 17 » Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama.
• December 17 » The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.

The temperature on August 12, 1950 was between 10.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.