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Born on Sunday September 27, 1959
Died on Sunday September 27, 1959



Born on September 27
  • 1954 » Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
  • 1956 » Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1957 » Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
  • 1957 » Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1958 » Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
  • 1958 » Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1959 » Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
  • 1960 » Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1962 » Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1963 » Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host

Died on September 27

Names that were popular for boys in 1959
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1959
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1959
  • 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 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
  • January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
  • 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.
  • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  • May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
  • June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
Weather September 27, 1959

The temperature on September 27, 1959 was between 5.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.

Source: KNMI