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• Nannette Suzanne Fredriksz, Hollandia(NNG), Irian Jaya, Indonesië († 2016)
• Michiel Noot, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Walter de Ruiter, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Frans Rissenbeek († 2001)
• van Barneveld, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hillechien (Hilly) van de Kamp, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2004)
• George Peter Ranty, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesië
• Joseph Inel CALPÉTARD, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1988)
• Cornelis Veldboer, Rotterdam († 2021)

• Alida Looijenga (78), 's Gravenhage Z.H
• Arie Bunnik (76), Gouda
• Anna Maria Boon (88), Voorhout, ZH, Nederland
• Adriaan Josephus Wouters (82), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALPHONSUS MARIA ROELS (59), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adrianus Josephus Wouters (82), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Boon (88)
• Adrianus van Steenbergen (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Bukkems (75), Someren
• Aukje de Vries (67), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1957 » Marian Bell, English economist and academic
• 1957 » Stephen Morris, English drummer
• 1957 » Zach Wamp, American businessman and politician
• 1958 » Ashok Chavan, Indian businessman and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1958 » Concha García Campoy, Spanish journalist († 2013)
• 1958 » William Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » James Keelaghan, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1959 » Randy Wittman, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Toshio Masuda, Japanese composer
• 1960 » Landon Curt Noll, American computer scientist and mathematician

• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)
• 1970 » Baby Huey, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sergio Tofano, Italian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Taha Hussein, Egyptian historian, author, and academic (b. 1889)

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.
• January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
• October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.

The temperature on October 28, 1959 was between 1.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.