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• Carine Julia Cornelia Van Eeckhoutte
• Doodgeboren kind Karthaus, Breda, NB, Nederland († 1959)
• Boelem Meems, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2019)
• Cornelis Leendert Gerrit Birkhoff, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Levenloos Boogaard, Den Helder († 1959)
• Kristina Otter
• Nicolaas Pieter Johan Roorda Van Eijsinga, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1968)
• NN Karthaus, Breda († 1959)
• Harm Rook, Doesburg († 2019)
• Hijma, Ferwerd († 1959)

• Hofste (80), Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alida Bergh (92), Barwoutswaarder
• Albert van Beek (71), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Annetta Elizabeth Anning (93), Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
• Barbara Vivié (67), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Heuvel (81), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Schaapman (63), beekbergen
• Bertha Cecilia Kamp (53), Kankakee, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Marinus Severijn (78), Utrecht
• Catharina Maria Smeele (93), Den Haag, 6000, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1957 » Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player
• 1957 » Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1957 » Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
• 1958 » Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
• 1959 » Luenell, American comedian and actress
• 1959 » Michael Walter, German luger († 2016)
• 1959 » Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska
• 1960 » Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
• 1960 » Jason Beghe, American actor
• 1961 » Titus Welliver, American actor

• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1974 » George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)

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.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
• 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 March 12, 1959 was between 4.8 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.