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• N.N. van Moorsel, Erp († 1958)
• Ansje Blanke († 1959)
• Jozina Westplate, Rotterdam († 2023)
• Klaasje Boertien, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Derk Jan Oosterbroek, Deventer († 1959)
• Martin van Ark, Hoenderloo († 2004)
• Peggy Habbinga, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 1958)
• Klaasje Boertien, Midwolda († 1959)
• Lambertus Alysius Jozef Verhoeven, Amersfoort († 2007)
• Mursidah Karsedi, Jakarta († 2020)

• Adrianus Capel (64), Rotterdam
• Adriana Catharina van Wel (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Houwer (88), Groningen
• Adrianus Franciscus Oomen (62), Breda
• Anna Maria van der Aa (80), Vlijmen
• Anna Cornelia van Buggenum (87), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wakkee (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina van Engelen
• Aage Valdemar Lyng (67)
• Alida Catherina van HAEFTEN (82), utrecht

• 1956 » Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
• 1956 » Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
• 1956 » Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and dancer
• 1958 » Geoff Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Baron Waqa, Nauruan composer and politician, 14th President of Nauru
• 1959 » Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 » Paul Westerberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
• 1959 » Val Kilmer, American actor

• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

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. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
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 1 » European Economic Community is established.
• July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
• August 18 » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
• September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
• October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)

The temperature on December 31, 1958 was between 4.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.