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• Johannes Leune, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Michael David Alstrin, Dallas County, TX († 1988)
• Martha Nauta, Bolsward (F)
• Jan Dubbink († 2022)
• Dirk van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Christianus Franciscus Andreas Niesten, Maastricht
• Jack de Waal, Kloosterzande,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1996)
• Lorinda Rae van Westen, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2022)
• Anthony William Tregea, Timboon,Vic, Australië († 1997)
• Aartje Huiberdina Schoots, Arnhem († 2001)

• Augusta Wlhelmina Ungerer (75)
• Anna Cornelia Rusch (76), Bloemendaal, North Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Frederikus Petrus Bouwman (65), Kerkrade
• Boelo Bonthuis (81), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Rusch (76)
• Barbara Gardner (0), fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van Tilburg (78), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Alfred Gibbens, Footscray, Victoria., Australia
• Aaltje van Agteren (78), Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Loon (61), Gilze en Rijen

• 1954 » Alex English, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Mamata Banerjee, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal
• 1956 » Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German academic and politician, 14th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 1958 » Ron Kittle, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Nancy Delahunt, Canadian curler
• 1960 » Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Danny Jackson, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 » Suzy Amis, American actress and model
• 1963 » Jeff Fassero, American baseball player and coach

• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)

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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• 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.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on January 5, 1959 was between 1.9 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.