About the day » Sunday September 20, 1959Calender converter

• David Lee Scholten, Zeeland († 1959)
• Rhonda Rea Earp, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States († 1984)
• Antonius Feijtel († 2005)
• Maarten Adelbert JANSEN, Warfhuizen, Gemeente Leens (1811-1-1-1990), Nederland († 1994)
• Gijs Bartus Bekamp, Vaassen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Corrie Wiltjer, Groningen
• Lia van Peer, Sint Willebrord († 2001)
• Antonius de Milliano († 1976)
• Rosina Joska Hendrika van der Vaart, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Jeanette Maria Overdiek, Ogden, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2019)

• Anna van Zoest (67)
• Christoffer Pieters (54), Groningen
• Christianus Wilhelmus Josephus Stienen (71), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Eijk (71), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Anna Maria Hoekstra (65), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Anne Keuning (80), Ripon (California, USA)
• Baukje (Bertha) van der Meulen (77), Zeeland, Ottowa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Bulder (79), 's Gravenhage, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus BLANKERS (90), Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Camiel Mahieu (53), Eernegem, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1957 » Alannah Currie, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Michael Hurst, New Zealand actor and director
• 1958 » Arn Anderson, American wrestler and trainer
• 1959 » Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
• 1959 » Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
• 1959 » Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1960 » Dave Hemingway, English singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1960 » Deborah Roberts, American journalist
• 1960 » Lee Hall, English playwright and screenwriter
• 1961 » Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and journalist

• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Heino Kaski, Finnish pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (b. 1865)
• 1970 » Alexandros Othonaios, Greek general and politician, 126h Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1971 » James Westerfield, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (b. 1903)

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. Jacoba

• 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.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

The temperature on September 20, 1959 was between 6.3 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.