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• Else Josephina Simons, 's-Gravenhage († 2005)
• Sijbren Klaas Hendriks Sijbrandij († 2013)
• Teunis Doppenberg, Putten († 2016)
• NN Bierling, Groningen († 1959)
• Lucia Geertruida Maria HENDRIKS, Uithoorn
• Anna Alida van Buren, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Egbert Antoine de WOLFF, Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Sherill D. Fisher, J. Arthur Dosher Memorial Hosp., Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1959)
• Judith(Judith) van der Kuip
• Maurice Beltzer, Parijs (France) († 1968)

• Albert Braam (29), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Johan Casper Veeger (69), Breda, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus Beekers (38), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Looijen (76), Wageningen
• Bertha Annetta Cordes (59), Litchfield, Meeker, Minnesota
• Anna Elisa Kruger (80), Dresda, Germania
• Antonius H Beekers (38), Breda,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna Catharina Geertruida Wensink (62), Rhenen, Utr, NL
• Catharina Maria Anna Gips (67), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albertus Delfos (76), Leiden

• 1958 » Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter and trainer
• 1958 » Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
• 1959 » Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
• 1959 » Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
• 1960 » Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1960 » Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1960 » Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » John Mann, English lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Janet Jones, American actress

• 1951 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1956 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American novelist (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)

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.
• March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.

The temperature on January 10, 1959 was between -3.3 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.