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• Verbiest, Bergen op Zoom
• Cornelia Petronella J M Lavrijssen, Son, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• David Jan Duitscher, Valthe Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2010)
• Huub Severens († 1979)
• Johanna Maria Hendrina Jozephina Rikkens, Oeffelt († 1959)
• Tineke Klazes Tacoma, Stiens, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)
• johannes joseph marie (jo) winkelmolen, neer
• Jacobus Johannes Maria Hoogkamer, Noordwijkerhout († 1970)
• N.N. van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom († 1959)
• Xuebiao Cheng, Zhejiang († 2016)

• Anna Maria van Doorninck (79), Ermelo
• Anna Catharina Verheijen (79), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Angelina Rymen (70), Grobbendonk, België
• Antonius Aloijsius Joachim van Wees (64), Tilburg
• Afke Bouwes van der Ley (67)
• Abraham Anthonij Schumm (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Josephina Yerna (63), Maastricht
• Andreas Huvenaars (81), Maaseik(B)
• Antonius Albertus BOERSEN (65), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Afke van der Leij (67)

• 1952 » Dave Barr, Canadian golfer
• 1953 » Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 » Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1954 » Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 » Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 » Mike Rozier, American football player

• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1976 » Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 » Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)

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. David
14. Dirk
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.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• 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 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
• October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

The temperature on March 1, 1959 was between 0.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.