About the day » Monday September 7, 1959Calender converter

• A.S. Antoin Scholten
• James Daugherty, Indianapolis, Indiana († 1977)
• Fernando Consolmagno, Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brasil († 2007)
• Sandra Henrietta Eising, Simcoe (Ont. Canada)
• Theodorus Johannes Tessel, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2007)
• Bastiaan Tjeerd van der Leer, 's-Gravenhage(ZH) († 1970)
• Christina Adriana Maria Groenendaal, Gemonde, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Sophia Neeltje Buckert, Katwijk († 1992)
• Doodgeboren kind Venrooij, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1959)
• Joseph Alphonse Firmin (Jos) Brugmans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2011)

• Arend Schuurman (63), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Denissen (86), Moergestel, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Reiniera Kleter (36), hampton-Ontario, canada
• Adriana van den Udenhout (87), Vught
• Adriaan Vlieger (90), Middelburg, ZL, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Bondt (80)
• Anna Margaretha van der Westhuizen (76)
• Carel Hendrik ten Zeldam (53), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Benjamin Franklin Heezen (53), Buchanan, Michigan, VS
• Adrianus Johannes Vredebregt (70), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1956 » Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer († 2007)
• 1956 » Diane Warren, American songwriter
• 1956 » Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
• 1957 » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 1997)
• 1960 » Brad Houser, American bass player
• 1961 » Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
• 1961 » LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter († 2008)
• 1962 » George South, American wrestler
• 1962 » Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1962 » Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer

• 1951 » John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912)
• 1954 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
• 1956 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897)
• 1962 » Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Walter A. Brown, American businessman (b. 1905)

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. Anita

• 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 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• 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 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

The temperature on September 7, 1959 was between 9.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.