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• Peter Mathijs Maria Helena Driessen, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1959)
• Leentje van Velzen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Erik Castelijns, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1976)
• Annie Postma, Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Maria Anna Melanie van Osch, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Maria Ann Woods, Redlands, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Johannes Hendrikus Harwig, Zutphen († 2000)
• Cornelia Alfrida Zwitser, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Harry Sibon, Schoonebeek, Nederland († 1959)
• Leentje van Velzen, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)

• Annechiena Menzina Maria Zwaving (68), Groningen
• Adriaan Gabriels (81), Zevenbergen
• Adrianus Gabriëls (81)
• Alberta Mulder (60), Deventer
• Anna Arnold (70)
• Ate Nielsen (63)
• August Ferdinand Gustav Lüttger (93), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis Geluk (76), Sint Annaland
• antoon kerkhof (45), veghel
• Antoon Heil (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1957 » Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
• 1959 » David Corn, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Scott Brayton, American race car driver († 1996)
• 1960 » Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea († 2014)
• 1960 » Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1961 » Steve Lundquist, American swimmer
• 1962 » Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media († 2011)
• 1963 » Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician

• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• 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.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• 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.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on February 20, 1959 was between -2.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.