About the day » Wednesday February 18, 1959Calender converter

• Hubert Schumacher, Kirchherten, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 2017)
• Levenloos kind Heijnen, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Rudy Durieux, Katwijk († 1975)
• Tom Cornelis Jan Feijtel, Brussel († 2005)
• Beth Ranae Roskam, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Rudy Durieux, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Johanna (Joke) de Jong, Den Haag
• NN de Volder, Goirle
• Marijke Bijl, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Nikolaas Dijkstra, Eenrum

• Cornelia Elisabeth Mulder (58), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus Ulricus Ingwersen (76), Amsterdam
• Alida Rijkhoff (78), Heemskerk
• Aloysius De Wael (60), Appels, B
• Alfred William Kynaston (52), Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Oonincx (58), Etten-Leur
• Alberdina Johanna Maria van ZUTPHEN (87), Utrecht (Utrecht)
• Celia Singer (58), Clayton, Missouri
• Christina Leonie SWARTENBROEKX (78), Sint-Truiden, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Alfons DE VOS (79), Eksaarde

• 1955 » Cheetah Chrome, American musician
• 1955 » Miles Tredinnick, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1956 » Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian businessman and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1956 » Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1957 » Marita Koch, German sprinter
• 1957 » Vanna White, American model and game show host
• 1959 » James Metzger, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1959 » Jayne Atkinson, English-American actress
• 1960 » Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress

• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (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 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
• November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

The temperature on February 18, 1959 was between -0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.