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• Henk de Kort, De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Ludovicus Jong, Zwaag († 1997)
• Hendrik van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Nadine Florentine VANHULLE, Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1983)
• Yvonne Antonia Geertruida van Lent, Amsterdam († 2018)
• Sonia Baeyens, Ukkel Brussel († 2009)
• Donna LuAnne Dillon, Burlington († 2019)
• Stanisla Maria Petronella Nicasius BEKX, Heeze(N-Br.)
• Francine Hubertina Maria Vandewal, Beek, Limburg, Nederland
• Gert Rein Boiten

• Augustus Ludovicus Berckel van (67), Smeermaas, Lim, Belgie
• Alida Antonia Ottolander (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Koet (68), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Ellison Gross Flaugher (77), Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States
• Clair Bishop Kirk (75)
• Bernardus Henri Löwensteyn (59), Alkmaar, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Henri Löwensteijn (59), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maks (71), Bussum, Nederland
• Auguste van de PUT (70), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Aaltje Donker (72), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist († 2002)
• 1956 » Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet († 2018)
• 1957 » Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 » David Blatt, Israeli-American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Kwak Jae-yong, South Korean director and screenwriter
• 1959 » Mehbooba Mufti, Indian politician
• 1959 » Morrissey, English singer-songwriter and performer
• 1960 » Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Brian Pillman, American football player and wrestler († 1997)
• 1963 » Claude Closky, French contemporary artist

• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Cecil Day-Lewis, Anglo-Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German-American mathematician and aerospace engineer (b. 1903)
• 1975 » Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900)

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. 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 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• 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.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.

The temperature on May 22, 1959 was between 11.6 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.