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• Anita van Hemert, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Mea Dijksterhuis († 2004)
• Esther Hillegonda Maria Kaandorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Philppe Noppe, Kortrijk BE († 1993)
• Joan Marie Mattingly, Sacramento, California († 1959)
• N. Doornbos, Groningen
• Sjoukje van Wolde, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 2013)
• Sybren Willem Rientses Sybrandy, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Dennis Jon Hull, Wheaton, Traverse County, Minnesota († 1964)
• child-3 Eshelman († 1959)

• Antonia Hurkens (73), Schijndel
• Anna Catharina Kloppenburg (82), Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Arie Koorevaar (84), Brandwijk
• Antonia Wilhelmina Poort (84), Apeldoorn
• Andries Bruijstens (79), Someren
• Bernhard (August) Hoon (65)
• Arie Bijl (54), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kloppenburg (82)
• Wouters (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Kort de (76), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland

• 1956 » Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter († 1988)
• 1956 » Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
• 1958 » Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
• 1958 » Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
• 1958 » Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Linden Ashby, American actor
• 1961 » Daniele Massaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1961 » Norrie May-Welby, Scottish Australian gender activist

• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

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. 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 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on May 23, 1959 was between 8.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.