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• Louis Jules Quentin, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2016)
• Dick GESINK, Varsseveld, Gelderland, NEDERLAND († 2010)
• Leendert Johannes Hendrikus Kuijpens, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Bernardus Petrus MENSE, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Lynn EVANS, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England († 1959)
• Susanna Johanna 'Annelie' Scannell, Kloofzicht, Pretoria († 1988)
• Hans Eijkenboom, Sittard († 1987)
• Ina Strikwerda, Leeuwarden
• Cornelia Brigitta Maria Huibers, Hoorn († 2001)
• Frans Koevoets, Voerendaal,, Limburg, Nederland († 1977)

• Anna Cornelia van Wassenaer (75)
• Anna Maria van der Valk (80), Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Maria Hendrikx (Hendriks) (17), Weert
• Aalderdina Scholte (15), Assen(Dr)
• Andries Haak (80), Groningen
• Anna Maria van der Valk (80), Voorschoten (Z-H), Nederland
• Anna Cornelia barones van Wassenaer (75), Huis ter Heide
• Agnes Verleg (69), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Cornelia barones van Wassenaer (75), in Huis ter Heide
• Alphonsus Cornelius Schults (54), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• 1957 » Marc Almond, English singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Tim Kring, American screenwriter and producer
• 1958 » Abdul Latiff Ahmad, Malaysian politician
• 1958 » Jacob Joseph, Malaysian football coach
• 1959 » Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
• 1959 » Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1959 » Kevin Nash, American wrestler
• 1960 » Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentinian journalist, photographer, and author
• 1960 » Wally Fullerton Smith, Australian rugby league player
• 1960 » Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer

• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(b. 1901)
• 1962 » Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (b. 1899)

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 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 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• 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.

The temperature on July 9, 1959 was between 16.5 °C and 34.0 °C and averaged 24.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.