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• Gerrit van Huigenbosch, Vierhouten (Ermelo) († 2023)
• bernadette francis holten
• Teunie van Dodeweerd († 2004)
• Maria Margina Baars, amsterdam, Nederland († 2013)
• Henk Veldman, Leeuwarden († 1978)
• - levenloos- Dijkkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Ewit van der Horst, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• - Levenloos- Dijkkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)
• Petrus Johannes Koenders, Renkum († 2010)
• J. WEIERINK († 2014)

• Cornelis de Vreugd (88), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Koster (88), Seattle, King County, Washington (USA)
• Aaltje Jacoba van Dijk (54), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van Staalduinen (65), Hekendorp
• Dreesje Voorrecht (88), Katwijk
• Adriana Toorians (85), Utrecht
• Auke Bakker (75), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Boukje Kroese (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Wisse (56), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Aaldrik Lemein (83), Groningen

• 1956 » John Feinstein, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Robert Swan, English explorer
• 1958 » Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist († 1981)
• 1959 » William T. Vollmann, American novelist, short story writer and journalist
• 1960 » Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator
• 1960 » Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
• 1961 » Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
• 1962 » Rachel Sweet, American singer, television writer, and actress

• 1957 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)

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.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• 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 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

The temperature on July 28, 1959 was between 10.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.