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• Theodore Henry Geertsma, Of Washington († 2007)
• Francis Joseph Blokland, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States († 2015)
• Harrie Beumer, Rheden († 2005)
• Maria Helena (Ria) Swieters, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1973)
• Maria Geertruida Josephina SCHAAFSMA († 2001)
• Theadore H Geertsma, Of Washington († 2007)
• Karen Elaine Ridder
• Danny Lee Morgan, Minnesota, United States († 2006)
• Ronald Stengewis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Marion(MGJ) Schaafsma († 2001)

• Cornelis Peters (78), Huisberden (D)
• Ariaantje de Graaf (63), Gouda
• Carolina Charlotta Sparenburg (88), Utrecht
• Annigje Stam (86), Hoogeveen
• Albertje Prijs (82), Elp, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charles Nelson SHINER (97), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Anna Cornelia Hulsebos (74), Laren
• Berend Haveman (75), Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ariaantje GRAAF, de (63), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Adrianus Kivits (88), Vlijmen

• 1958 » Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
• 1959 » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
• 1960 » Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter

• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)

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.
• February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.

The temperature on April 15, 1959 was between 6.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.