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• Hubert Schumacher, Kirchherten, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2017)
• NN de Volder, Goirle
• Nn de Wit, Koudekerk aan den Rijn († 1959)
• Thea COPPOOLSE, Vlissingen († 2020)
• Gerardus Gerritzen, Beek († 2007)
• Rudy Durieux, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Nikolaas Dijkstra, Eenrum
• Margreeth Jandr Wiskerke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Marijke Bijl, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Tom Cornelis Jan Feijtel, Brussel († 2005)

• Albert William Mattson (65), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Alberdina Johanna Maria van ZUTPHEN (87), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Arendje TOET (83), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Adriana Maria van Zwienen (80), De Bilt
• Adrianus Johannes Oonincx (59), Etten-Leur
• Anna Catharina BRIJS (87), Turnhout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Bertha Marie van Konijnenburg (86)
• Christina Leonie SWARTENBROEKX (78), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Celia Singer (58), Clayton, Missouri
• Arendje Toet (83), Scheveningen

• 1955 » Cheetah Chrome, American musician
• 1955 » Miles Tredinnick, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1956 » Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian businessman and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1956 » Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1957 » Marita Koch, German sprinter
• 1957 » Vanna White, American model and game show host
• 1959 » James Metzger, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1959 » Jayne Atkinson, English-American actress
• 1960 » Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress

• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)

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. Anita

• 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.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• 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 February 18, 1959 was between -0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.