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• N.N. Farret Jentink, Den Haag, den Haag, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Maria Anna Melanie van Osch, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Annie Postma, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Willemina (Annie) Postma, Buitenpost, Nederland († 2016)
• Erik Castelijns, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1976)
• Cornelia Alfrida Zwitser, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Leentje van Velzen, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Jannie Peterse, Buren, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Anthony Gene Stewart, Humphreys County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Cornelia Alfrida Zwitser, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Anna Arnold (70)
• Arie Roza (62), Giessen, Brabante del Norte, Países Bajos
• antje KORPORAAL (88), rotterdam
• Alice Buma (72), Melvin, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• August Ferdinand Gustav Lüttger (93), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Gabriels (81), Zevenbergen
• * Nicolaas Roelfs (70), Rotterdam
• Anna Theodora Klein Ikink (68)
• Alberta Mulder (60), Deventer
• Arentje KARELS (78), 's Gravenhage

• 1957 » Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
• 1959 » David Corn, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Scott Brayton, American race car driver († 1996)
• 1960 » Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea († 2014)
• 1960 » Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Steve Lundquist, American swimmer
• 1962 » Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media († 2011)
• 1963 » Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician

• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
• September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.

The temperature on February 20, 1959 was between -2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.