About the day » Tuesday April 21, 1959Calender converter

• Pieter Ciggaar, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Jannetje de Vries, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Henricus Wilhelmus Maria van Warmerdam, Haarlem († 1959)
• Elsje Yvonne de Boer, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2019)
• Ron Sparrow († 1993)
• Maria Elisabeth Johanna van Warmerdam, Haarlem († 1959)
• Theo Lakerveld († 2004)
• Johannes Christiaan van Rooij, Utrecht († 1959)
• Jeffrey Colin Barbour
• Brigitte MOLLEKENS, Ukkel

• Adriana Hermina van Scharrenburg (70), Amsterdam
• Aaldrik Boneschansker (38), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Christina Schippers (78), Meppel
• Antonia Catharina STOLK (78), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Schipper (77), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Hindrik Woldring (87), Bedum
• Alida Cornelia Willebrandts (81), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Elisabeth EGGING (69), Doetinchem (NL)
• Aaldrik Jan Nieboer (39), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alle Jans van der Velde (75), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1957 » Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
• 1958 » Andie MacDowell, American model, actress, and producer
• 1958 » Michael Zarnock, American author
• 1958 » Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator († 2009)
• 1959 » Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1959 » Olga Kuragina, Russian pentathlete
• 1959 » Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter
• 1960 » Julius Korir, Kenyan runner
• 1960 » Michel Goulet, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1971 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
• 1973 » Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1973 » Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)

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.
• January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

The temperature on April 21, 1959 was between -2.2 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.