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• Hannes Hermanus Wunderink, Brummen († 1981)
• Jeske van MOL, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Frederika Annetta Voorthuis, Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 2015)
• Jan Flim, Beerzerveld, Ommen Ambt,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Marina Hilde Carla Vreeswijk, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Sylvia (Silvia) Elisabeth Maria Valkeneer, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2017)
• Freddy Roos († 2012)
• Debbie Jean Chandler, Chicopee, Hampden, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Hugo Koster, Dordrecht († 1967)
• Tineke Davelaar, Stroe († 2010)

• Albert Todd (81), Barberton, Summit, Ohio, United States
• Bernard Johan Tukkers- (70), Denekamp, Nederland
• Albertine Julie de Lannoy (31)
• Alle Sjuks Veenstra (82), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Jacobus Johannes de Tombe (0), Den Haag
• Antonia Tervoort (85), Egmond-Binnen
• Aaltje Louwina Homan (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Gulbranson (78), Flandreau, Moody, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Alle van der Meulen (79), Irnsum, gem. Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Bosch (46), Delft

• 1957 » Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1959 » Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1959 » Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
• 1959 » Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
• 1959 » Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Lloyd Honeyghan, Jamaican-English boxer
• 1960 » Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1960 » Randall L. Stephenson, American businessman
• 1961 » Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer († 1996)
• 1961 » Ann McKechin, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)

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. 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.
• 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.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
• October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.

The temperature on April 22, 1959 was between 1.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.