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• Linda Albertina Jozefa Maria Sommen, Wilrijk, België († 1977)
• Carla Zonneveld, Heemskerk († 2018)
• Donald Allen Corbin, Trimont, Martin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Kind Hoogervorst, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Petrus, Anthonius, Hermanus Verbeek, Delft († 2005)
• John Edward Stacey, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Gerardus Franciscus Jozef Bouwmeester, Langeraar († 1994)
• Thomas Floyd Vyvyan, Racine, Racine, Wisconsin († 2002)
• N3 Verweij, Deventer, Nederland († 1959)
• Jacqueline Knotter, Haarlem († 2006)

• Americus Jan Kloos (66), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jan De Jonge (21), Emmen
• Alphonsus Verwimp (51), Herentals, België
• Anna Maria (Gerhard Heinrich Einhaus) Lübbers (85)
• Bart Onkenhout (57), Ermelo
• Aaltje van Veldhuisen (77)
• Bart Rouwenhorst (56), Laren
• Amerikus Jan Kloos (66), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Varkevisser (21)
• Adriana Stolk (98), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1958 » Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 » Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter († 2000)
• 1959 » Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter
• 1960 » Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Jacob Matlala, South African boxer († 2013)
• 1963 » Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1963 » Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer

• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)

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.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

The temperature on August 1, 1959 was between 14.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.