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• Ronald Ellison Moody Sr., Darlington, South Carolina († 2003)
• Cornelia Cornlsdr Vroegop, 's-Gravenhage († 1981)
• Mark E. Bellerdine, Montreal, Quibeck,Canada
• Elke OVERHOFF († 1960)
• ANTONIA CLAIRE VAN BRANDE, ANDERLECHT,BRUSSELS-HOOFDSTEDELIJK-GEWEST,BELGIE († 2001)
• Kevin A Thiel († 2005)
• N.N. de Brabander († 1959)
• maria johanna antonia (maria) lormans, helden-koningslust
• Klaas Gezinus Bakker, Emmen († 2022)
• Abraham (Bram) van Pelt, Woerden († 1959)

• Antonius Geevers (79), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hoogedoorn (70), Tilburg
• Alle Jacobs van der Meer (84), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hoogedoorn (70), Tilburg
• Aaltje Rorye (94), Heerde
• Adriana Wilhelmina van den Enden (85), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Katharina Kloppenburg (82), Emmen, Nederland
• Anton Reitsma (82), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Van Den ENDEN (85), Zwijndrecht
• Aaltien Molenkamp (78), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1957 » Amanda Plummer, American actress
• 1957 » Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1957 » Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager († 1998)
• 1958 » Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 » Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
• 1959 » Catherine Keener, American actress
• 1960 » Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1961 » Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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. Johan
16. Adrianus

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.
• March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• 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 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”

The temperature on March 23, 1959 was between 4.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.