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• Sil Boon, Texel († 2013)
• Greetje Bos, Emmen
• Roelof van den Berg, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2008)
• Kay Renee Halderman, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Jacoba Petronella Janssen, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 2010)
• Vincentius Anna Paulus Grimbergen († 2021)
• Marion de Graaf, Krommenie († 1990)
• Engbert Rohaan, enter
• JIMMY DALE COLE, Mishawaka, St Joseph County, Indiana, USA....COMPLETE,Obit († 1959)
• Dirk Johannes (Dick) VERLOOP, Leiden († 2004)

• Odijk, Leiden
• Adrianus van Gastel (53), Roosendaal (NL)
• Anthonius van Montfoort (76), utrecht
• Antonia Timmermans (54), Rosmalen
• Aaltje Schouten (62), Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Zuiden (86), Apeldoorn, GD-NL
• Aaltje Ruige (69), Bilthoven, Netherlands
• Abel Pentinga (56), Slochteren
• Achiel Cyriel Louage (73), Brugge
• Aaltje Siltjes Ruige (69), De Bilt

• 1956 » John Cowsill, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 » Mark Evans, Australian rock bass player
• 1957 » Dito Tsintsadze, Georgian film director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Hossein Dehghan, Iranian general and politician, Iranian Minister of Defense
• 1957 » Mark Dean, American inventor and computer engineer
• 1958 » Ian Woosnam, English-Welsh golfer
• 1958 » Kevin Curren, South African-American tennis player
• 1959 » Larry Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Simone Young, Australian conductor, director, and composer
• 1962 » Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Turkish educator and politician (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866)
• 1967 » José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish author and critic (b. 1873)
• 1972 » Léo-Ernest Ouimet, Canadian director and producer (b. 1877)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
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.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• 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 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

The temperature on March 2, 1959 was between 0.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.