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• Egbert Marring († 1994)
• Theodora Francisca (Thea) Willems, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Hendrik Jan Dedden († 2012)
• Karel Kroon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Margareta (Margreet) Wals († 2019)
• IJbel Nagy den Toom († 2006)
• Marleen Juvijns, Sint-Truiden, België († 1999)
• Cornelis Dekker, Egmond aan Zee
• Cornelia Bernardina Andrea Maria(Corrie) Verlangen, Duiven Gelderland Nederland († 2011)
• Marinus (René) Van den Oetelaar, Eindhoven

• Antonius Wilhelmus Catharina (Antoon, Toon) Boelens (61), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Drooge (74), Delft
• Amália Cintra Ferreira (73), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adriaan Broos (85), Hoeven
• Anna Zoë Maria Nadia van La Rousselière-Clouard (81), Parijs
• Adriaan Schungel (66), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Erens (63), Nieuwenhagen
• Adriana Hendrica Vos (73), Rotterdam
• Anna Geilen (44), Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Albartus Martinus van Beek (62)

• 1956 » Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
• 1957 » Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician
• 1957 » Peter Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
• 1957 » Stephen Conway, English bishop
• 1958 » David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1958 » Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1959 » Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet († 1988)
• 1960 » Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor
• 1960 » Mark Brydon, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)
• 1968 » Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)
• 1969 » Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892)
• 1971 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. John
13. Johan
14. David
15. Michael
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » The West Indies Federation is formed.
• January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
• October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
• October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.

The temperature on December 22, 1958 was between -1.1 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.