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• Ria Hamers, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Carol Jane Wharton [O |||], Big Springs, Texas († 1950)
• Gabriele Winter, Düsseldorf († 1951)
• Lucas Hendricus (loek) Runderkamp, Purmerend († 2000)
• Ferdinand Jolanthanus van As, Apeldoorn († 1975)
• Brenda Joyce Aske († 1985)
• naamloos Stokman, Nieuwveen († 1950)
• Hendrikus Haring
• Jac Luyten, Tilburg († 2011)
• Clifton Earl Barnett Jr*, El Paso, Texas († 2010)

• Alida Blanker (82), Gouda, Nederland
• Albert Anbergen (79), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alof Jan ROENHORST (47)
• Antje Tensen (76), Alkmaar
• Cornelia Maria Sonneveld (23)
• Amos COPE (75)
• Antonius Verweij (68), Utrecht
• Barta Vogelzang (51), Tiel
• Antonius Verweij (68), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Benjamin Vissel (72), Amsterdam (NL)

• 1948 » Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer († 1992)
• 1949 » Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1949 » Shelley Long, American actress
• 1949 » Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
• 1950 » Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
• 1951 » Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic († 2004)
• 1951 » Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 » Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2014)
• 1951 » Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Queen Noor of Jordan

• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• January 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
• 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.
• June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
• August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.

The temperature on August 23, 1950 was between 14.2 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 18.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.