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• Rosette Smets, Sint-Truiden, België († 2022)
• Dirk Witkamp, Soerabaja, Java, Indonesie († 2014)
• Nelly Cornelia van Ast, Maassluis († 1952)
• Ben Derksen, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2006)
• Cornelia Adriana Andrea Scheffers, Biezenmortel († 1950)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1950)
• Willem Hubertus Engelen, Maasbree († 2009)
• Michael John Goddard, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas (USA) († 2020)
• Geertruida Johanna Maria van der Helm († 2000)
• Kind Franciscus Wijnen, Bladel en Netersel

• Aaltje Kroon (59), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Anselmus Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Oprins (17), Weert
• Aleida Maria Wilbrink (67), Enschede
• Dirk Baas (61), Pernis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke MANKES (63), Zaandijk
• Arnoldus Adolf Hofland (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Derk Mulder (67), Musselkanaal
• Abraham Zaalberg (84), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Suikerbuijk (90), Rucphen
• Adriaan STOFFELEN (76), Brasschaat, Antwerpen, België

• 1948 » Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French lawyer and politician, 166th Prime Minister of France
• 1949 » B. B. Dickerson, American bass player and songwriter
• 1949 » Philip Casnoff, American actor and director
• 1949 » Sue Slipman, English politician
• 1950 » Ernesto Samper, Colombian economist and politician, 29th President of Colombia
• 1950 » Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer
• 1950 » John Landis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Linda Howard, American author
• 1951 » Jay North, American actor
• 1951 » Marcel Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Frumka Płotnicka, Polish resistance fighter during World War II (b. 1914)
• 1949 » Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Colette, French novelist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1959 » Herb Byrne, Australian footballer (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Flannery O'Connor, American short story writer and novelist (b. 1925)
• 1966 » Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

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 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
• March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
• June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
• 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.
• September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• October 16 » The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis is published.

The temperature on August 3, 1950 was between 10.0 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 34.2 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.