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• johan evert van mourik
• Antoni Johan van Dalen, Arnhem († 1959)
• Catherina Elisabeth Dassen, Heerlen († 2022)
• Kees Goedsier, Breda († 1978)
• Brenda Katheryn BABBITT, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• José Augusto Baptistella, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brasil († 2020)
• Tony Ronald BANFIELD, Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia († 1982)
• Maria Jacoba Johanna Hoogervorst, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Marquérite Rozemarijn Pasterkamp († 2018)
• Maria Elizabeth Hilhorst, Ankeveen († 1959)

• Antonius (Toon) Floris (55), Ursem
• Arie Johannes Knegt (80), Rotterdam
• Annechien Oost (69)
• Aafke Pieters de Beer (80), Dokkum
• Arnold Joseph Philippe Royer (85), Rukkelingen-Loon, België
• Arie Cornelis van Ojen (75), Ermelo, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arie Cornelis van Ojen (75), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Pieters de Beer (80), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Katharina WEFERS (69), Lobberich
• Arend Arendsz Krol (63), Leiden

• 1955 » Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1956 » Peter Schilling, German singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Richard Danielpour, American composer and educator
• 1957 » Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
• 1957 » Mark Napier, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Nick Price, Zimbabwean-South African golfer
• 1959 » Frank Darabont, American director and producer
• 1960 » Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1961 » Normand Rochefort, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1948 » Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
• 1949 » Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1950 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
• 1953 » James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
• 1953 » Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
• 1960 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
• 1965 » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)

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.
• January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
• 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 January 28, 1959 was between -3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.