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• Leijten († 2016)
• Johannes Franciscus Maria Sleutjes, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1959)
• Yvette Dolstra, Welkom, Orange Free State, R.S.A. († 1997)
• Connie Sue Brase, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2020)
• Pieter van der Leij, Brakel
• Frederika Maria Agnes Meilink, Spierdijk, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1959)
• Tineke Cnossen, Jutrijp, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Marleen Henrie Blom, Rotem (Bel) († 2011)
• Henricus Cornelis Martinus Gerardus de Vet, Gilze en Rijen
• N.n. van Acquoij, eindhoven († 1959)

• Abraham Forsten (88), Wildervank
• Benjamin VAN DER LINDEN (90), Herkingen
• Aleida Clara Thoden van Velzen (75)
• Beautrice "Betty" Garrett (67), Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
• * Adriana van Bokhoven (66)
• Albertus Veldhuizen (78), Werkhoven (UT, NLD)
• Adriana de Bruijn (63), Rucphen
• Abraham Berends Forsten (88), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagje Spruit (80), Linschoten (Utrecht)
• Adrianus Van Den Bergh (73), Tiel, Nederland

• 1957 » David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Denise Nickerson, American actress († 2019)
• 1958 » D. Boon, American singer and musician († 1985)
• 1959 » Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1961 » Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
• 1961 » Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
• 1962 » Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1962 » Mark Shulman, American author
• 1962 » Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager

• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)

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. Jacoba

• 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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

The temperature on April 1, 1959 was between 2.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.