About the day » Thursday December 17, 1959Calender converter

• Maria Elisabeth Marlies Klaasse, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• N.N. van der Velde, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)
• Norbert Kloos, Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Edward Noles "Bubba" West, Pensacola, Escambia Co., Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Maria Cornelia Wolthera Kieboom, Breda
• Levenloos Lont, Den Helder († 1959)
• José Mooijman, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Carla van Veen, Den Helder († 1997)
• Timothy Hugh Edward Crider, French Camp, San Joaquin, California, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Jean François Rotgans, Wormerveer († 1971)

• Antonius Hendrikus Van der Kleij (76), Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jonkman (82), Noordwijk
• Adele Ford **** (75), Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Burly Harlan MERANDA (71), Delaware County
• Bets Keijzer (52), Haarlem (ziekenhuis)
• Antje (Anna) Margaret "Annie" Franzen (87), Los Angeles Co., CA
• Aartje Leeuwenburgh (93)
• Cornelia Baas (86), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elbert (84), Maasbracht, Maasgouw, Limburg, Nederland
• Arie Snabel (74), Haarlem-Noord-Holland-Nederland

• 1956 » Dominic Lawson, English journalist and author
• 1956 » Peter Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Totka Petrova, Bulgarian runner
• 1957 » Bob Ojeda, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » Wendy Hoyte, English sprinter
• 1958 » Mike Mills, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1959 » Bob Stinson, American songwriter and guitarist († 1995)
• 1961 » Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author
• 1962 » Galina Malchugina, Russian sprinter
• 1962 » Paul Dobson, English footballer

• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1970 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)
• 1978 » Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)

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.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

The temperature on December 17, 1959 was between 6.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.