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• Jan Baron, Ter Idzard († 1959)
• Charles Willebrordus Brons, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Johanna Maria van Oosterhout, Goirle (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2012)
• Faye Ellen Verley, Superior, Mineral, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Erik Jan Mast († 2016)
• Margreet Zonneveld, Castricum († 2010)
• Denise Katrina Matthews († 2016)
• Paul Rath († 2021)
• Tjipke Petrus Andringa, Osingahuizen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Foppe Herman Antonius Vlieger, Schaesberg, Limburg, Netherlands († 1959)

• Carolina Serefina (Carla) De Vries (0), Oosterbeek
• Anna van den Berg (60), Noordwijkerhout
• Bernadette Juliette VANSTAEVEL (79), Carvin,62220,Pas-de-Calais,Nord Pas de Calais,FRANCE
• Angela Elisabeth Antonia Maria Staaltjens (2), Ginneken,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Elizabeth Redfern (85), Pukekohe, Franklin, Auckland, New Zealand
• Anna van den Berg (60), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Pieters (81), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bermeltji Wormmeester (81), Byron Center, Kent County, MI (US)
• Alida Rookhuizen (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charlotte Morris West (83), Crockett, Houston County, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
• 1957 » Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player

• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)

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. 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.
• 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.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

The temperature on January 4, 1959 was between -0.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.