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• Harm George Hilarius Veenstra, Nijmegen († 2012)
• Gerardina Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1959)
• Johannes Theodorus Hesp († 2008)
• Laurie Van Gerwen († 1993)
• Phyllis Elaine Kittrell Haley Tate <K FbPqUSS>9 "Elaine", Downey, Los Angeles County, California († 2015)
• Brian van der Schaaf, Ireton, Sioux County, Iowa († 1989)
• Bernardus Hermanus Aretz, Tuk (Steenwijkerwold) († 2009)
• Johannes Filippus van Delft, Rotterdam
• Maria Gertrudis Elisabeth Doedens, Hoorn († 1959)
• Johannes Theodorus (Jan) Hesp († 2008)

• Antje de BOER (60), Heiloo
• Antonia Augustina Everdina Maes (77), Tilburg
• Aike Olthof (67), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• David Lee Scholten (0)
• Antonia Augustina Everdina Maes (77), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba de Ruijter (83), Rotterdam
• Anna Ackein (85), Oostende
• Antje Claasdr de Boer (60), Alkmaar
• Antoinetta Augustinus Everdina Maes (77), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Alberta Gesina de Zoete (66), Nijmegen (Gd)

• 1958 » Rick Mahorn, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 » Simon Mayo, English radio host
• 1959 » Andrzej Buncol, Polish footballer
• 1959 » Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter (Swing Out Sister) and fashion designer
• 1959 » Crin Antonescu, Romanian educator and politician, former Interim President of Romania
• 1959 » Danny Cox, English-American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Dave Coulier, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor and director
• 1960 » Kelley Eskridge, American author and screenwriter
• 1960 » Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian journalist, politician and scientist, first woman Vice President of Iran

• 1953 » Necmettin Sadak, Turkish publisher and politician, 10th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
• 1956 » Bill Struth, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Ed Oliver, American golfer (b. 1915)
• 1962 » Bo Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Paulino Masip, Spanish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (b. 1880)
• 1966 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France (b. 1878)

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.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
• December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

The temperature on September 21, 1959 was between 3.4 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.