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• Diane Elizabeth Ritchey, Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Peter Horvath († 2002)
• Evelyn Nina Craft, Brewster, Okanogan, Washington († 1958)
• Jan Mooij, Hardenberg († 2008)
• Theodora Josephina Rijkers, de hoeve 'Modestia' in Eierland (Texel) († 1994)
• Maarten Adriaan Bosman, Hilversum († 2011)
• Dirk Johannes Zwart († 1987)
• Krijn Abraham van Oost, Roermond († 1959)
• Chris Horck van, Tegelen († 1993)
• Johannes Janssen, Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1959)

• Arthur Clément Baudry (55), Gent, 9000, België
• Aaltje Schenkel (52), Groningen, Nederland
• adriana petronella maria van geffen (68), helden-panningen
• Anna Linda Schmidt (75), Kauschwitz, Vogtland, Sachsen
• Albert Kornelius Hoofdmann (81), Simonswolde
• Adriana van Geffen (68), Panningen
• Adriana Everdina Verbrugh (87), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Kornelius Hoofdmann (81), Simonswolde (Niedersachsen)
• Adriaan Van Meijer (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes ZOMER (54)

• 1955 » Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• 1955 » Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
• 1955 » Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
• 1956 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter († 2004)
• 1957 » Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1958 » Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
• 1959 » Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
• 1959 » H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1959 » Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
• 1960 » Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager

• 1949 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. John
13. Johan
14. David
15. Michael
16. Hans

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• January 4 » Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.
• January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
• February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
• October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
• December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.

The temperature on December 16, 1958 was between 5.3 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.