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• Willem Cornelis Sonke, Kapelle(Zld) († 1975)
• Joost Garsten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Alexander van Hulst, Raamsdonksveer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Stephen John Rund, Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Gerrit van Deursen
• Christine Elizabeth SNOWDON, Albury, New South Wales, Australia († 2001)
• Joke Drenth, Amsterdam († 1960)
• Terry Lynn DeBoard († 2012)
• Dirk Johannes de Weerd, Den Helder († 2004)
• Ludo HENSEN, Bilzen (Limburg) (B) († 2010)

• Carl Josephs GELLINGS (67), Uedem, Kleef, Nederrijn, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Delphina De Saedeleer (77), Haaltert
• Bartholomeus Kinnegin (87), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Cornelia Mol (94), Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Boekholt (94), Buinerveen
• Bastiana Pieternella van der Steen (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Schweitz (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benignus Josephus Boeding (77), Vogelwaarde
• Barend (2) Hogenbirk (89), Amersfoort
• Cornelia Johanna Marchje Bulaeus Brack (88), Heemstede

• 1957 » Alexander Dityatin, Russian gymnast and colonel
• 1957 » Daire Brehan, Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress († 2012)
• 1958 » Alberto Salazar, Cuban-American runner and coach
• 1958 » Bruce Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Russell Baze, Canadian-American jockey
• 1959 » Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
• 1960 » David Duchovny, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Brian Conley, English actor and singer
• 1961 » Yelena Davydova, Russian gymnast

• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ramon Vila Capdevila, last of the Spanish Maquis, holding out after the end of the Spanish Civil War (b.1908)
• 1968 » Giovanni Bracco, Italian race car driver (b. 1908)
• 1969 » Jean Bastien, French professional footballer (b. 1915)
• 1969 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French composer (b. 1905)
• 1970 » Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)

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.
• February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• 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.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

The temperature on August 7, 1959 was between 10.1 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.