About the day » Tuesday March 3, 1959Calender converter

• Karolyn Davis, Faribault, Minnesota († 1978)
• Vera Carola Dost, Heerlen
• Wesley Douglas Acree, Harbor City, California († 1980)
• Norma Jean Faulkner, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, VS († 2010)
• Frederike Pusemann, Wenen, Oostenrijk († 2004)
• Helen Arkesteijn († 2007)
• Theodoor Johannes Leijen, Baarn († 2004)
• Philippe Charles LE GUEN, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1986)
• Jeannet Buys
• Cornelia Anthonia (Corry) Pannekoek († 1983)

• Alida Evertsen (62), Utrecht
• Antje Beiboer (90), Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Alice Millicent Scrooby (74)
• Clasina Maria van Dam (74), Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Leeuwenburgh (85), Rotterdam
• Agnes Hubertina Hendrikx (80), Meerssen
• Allie Parrish (81), Colquitt, Georgia
• Arjen Zandstra (78)
• Anna Ney (95), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arjen Johannes Zandstra (78), ,,, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1957 » Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
• 1957 » Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer
• 1958 » Miranda Richardson, English actress
• 1959 » Duško Vujošević, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Ira Glass, American radio host and producer
• 1960 » Neal Heaton, American baseball player and coach
• 1961 » Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
• 1961 » John Matteson, American biographer
• 1961 » Mary Page Keller, American actress and producer
• 1961 » Perry McCarthy, English race car driver

• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1982 » Georges Perec, French author and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 1983 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1907)

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 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on March 3, 1959 was between 5.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.