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• Elisabeth Theodora Vos, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Johan Frederik Hendrik von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands († 1959)
• Gesina Maria (Ina) Dreier, Mussel, Onstwedde († 2009)
• Hetty Berkelo († 2006)
• Tammo Klaas Doornbos, Hoogezand-Sappemeer
• Johannes Abel (Hans) Bootsma, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Jacobus Cornelis Maria van Haaster, Hazerswoude († 1974)
• Karel Luyckx, Geel (B), België († 1981)
• Patrick Bossuyt, Brugge, België
• Altina Louise Rozema, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2013)

• Alida Anna de Jongh (66), Wassenaar
• Anna catharina Weening (79), Groningen
• Bartus de Kruijf (64), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Kemps (92), Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Bartholomeus Wolf (74), arnhem
• Albert Jan Baas (67), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anton Metzke (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Jelkes Jongsma (75), Appelscha, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Troost (50), Rotterdam
• Anthonius Lucas van der Horst (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Giorgio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
• 1957 » Jaroslava Maxová, Czech soprano and educator
• 1957 » Maurizio Damilano, Italian race walker and coach
• 1957 » Paolo Nespoli, Italian soldier, engineer, and astronaut
• 1958 » Graeme Base, Australian author and illustrator
• 1959 » Gail Shea, Canadian politician
• 1960 » John Pizzarelli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Richard Loe, New Zealand rugby player
• 1960 » Warren Haynes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Rory Bremner, Scottish actor and screenwriter

• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Idris Davies, Welsh poet and author (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1895)
• 1961 » Jules Bordet, Belgian microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Otto Struve, Ukrainian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
• 1971 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1882)
• 1974 » Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)

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.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• 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 April 6, 1959 was between 3.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.