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• Béatrice Ayrault de Saint-Hénis († 2019)
• Petrus J.M. Bakkum, Alkmaar († 1992)
• N.N. Betaubun, Voorst
• Elly Reuvers
• Leen van der Zalm
• Ardina Jacoba Theodora Krol
• NN Kaspers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• margaretha johanna hendrika (may) greijn, helden-panningen († 2006)
• Annette Aneke Boone, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1996)
• Martha Schat, Heerlen, Limburg,Netherlands († 2010)

• de Vries
• Edith VANKOEVERING (52), Grand Rapids, Kent, MI
• Arnold Frederik Baars (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• (76)
• Aaltje van der Meulen (70)
• Cornelis Johannes Claassen (39), Haarlem
• Edward Jewel Vezina (70), Marin, California
• Alida Taal (81), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• * Maria Teeuwen (62)
• Casparus de Frel (25), Rotterdam (23jr)

• 1956 » Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer
• 1956 » Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
• 1958 » Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic
• 1959 » Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach
• 1959 » Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1959 » Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 » Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
• 1961 » Didier Camberabero, French rugby player
• 1961 » Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist
• 1962 » Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer

• 1945 » Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1945 » Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1946 » Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 » Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 » Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
• 1972 » Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)

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.
• January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
• January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

The temperature on January 9, 1959 was between -0.4 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.