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• Marnix Cornelius, Cailliau, Diksmuide, 8600, West Vlaanderen († 2013)
• Margaret Aylmer, Ballyhaise, Cavan, Ireland († 2016)
• Marnix Van Hoe, Gent, 9000, Oost Vlaanderen († 2021)
• N.N. Betaubun, Voorst
• Martha Schat, Heerlen, Limburg,Netherlands († 2010)
• ed de boer, sint maartensbrug, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Annette Aneke Boone, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1996)
• Leen van der Zalm
• Petrus J.M. Bakkum, Alkmaar († 1992)
• margaretha johanna hendrika (may) greijn, helden-panningen († 2006)

• Edward Jewel Vezina (70), Marin, California
• Agnes Groenewegen (82), Hoensbroek, Heerlen
• Akke Mienstra (72), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Maria NOIJ (77), Luyksgestel, 3952, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casparus de Frel (25), Rotterdam (23jr)
• Alberdina Edens (61), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• * Maria Teeuwen (62)
• Camillus Johannes van Remoortere (77), Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Kreijger (78), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Durwood Gibson [K ||] (20), Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

• 1956 » Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer
• 1956 » Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
• 1958 » Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic
• 1959 » Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach
• 1959 » Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1959 » Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 » Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
• 1961 » Didier Camberabero, French rugby player
• 1961 » Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist
• 1962 » Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer

• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 » Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
• 1972 » Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Hendrik
6. Willem
7. Robert
8. Gerrit
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Paul
13. David
14. Dirk
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.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

The temperature on January 9, 1959 was between -0.4 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.