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• Antonia Willelmina van Rossum, Wamel, Beneden-Leeuwen
• Hermina Hendrikje Wissink, Lochem, Gld, The Netherlands († 1985)
• Hendrika Mos, Katwijk († 1997)
• Randy John Stubbe, Eldora, Hardin Co., IA († 2020)
• van Buren, Uden, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1959)
• Franciscus Adrianus Antonius Maria Vorselaar († 2019)
• Franciscus Adrianus A.M. (Frank) Vorselaars, Tilburg († 2019)
• Corinne Dindial, Curacao
• Paulus Joseph de Groot, Hillegom († 2016)
• Jan BEKX († 2017)

• Alida Evers (Bos) (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Egels (79), Hilversum
• Albert Kuiper, Enschede
• Alida Evers (58), Utrecht
• Barbara Catharina Bron (73), Breda
• Antje Huijsman (90), Bergen
• Aloysius Ludovicus Maria Steurs (75), Olen
• August Johan Kroon (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Lievaart (51), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Matter (52), Connell (Franklin), Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1955 » Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 » Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 » Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 » Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born María Teresa Mestre y Batista)
• 1957 » Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 » Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1959 » Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1960 » Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect
• 1961 » Simon Furman, British comic book writer

• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)

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.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

The temperature on March 22, 1959 was between 0.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.