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• Willem Vos, Bussum († 2000)
• Albertus Hendrikus Metselaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1979)
• Maria Magdalena (Marleen) Bras († 2022)
• Marian Beverley Joel, Croydon, Surrey. England
• Ineke Jordans, ballerat ( aus) († 1999)
• Erik DROGE, Haarlem Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1959)
• Ann Marie Rothring, Kansas City, Mo († 1959)
• N.n. de Boer, Kampen († 1959)
• Levenloos Geboren de BOER, Kampen (Overijssel) († 1959)
• Albertus Hendrikus (Bert) Metselaar, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld) († 1979)

• Cornelia de Kok (82), Breda, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands
• Elmore Christie McCall (74), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
• Berend Klok (73), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catherine R McBride (76), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Klok (73), Schuinesloot
• Dirkje Druijf (75), Hoorn
• Ethel Lavender (69), Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
• Fokko Lieben (80), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Mester (80), Amsterdam
• Adriaan Bernardus Tandie (65), Bandung, Indonesie

• 1956 » Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic Cyclist
• 1957 » Melanie Griffith, American actress and producer
• 1958 » Amanda Bearse, American actress, comedian and director
• 1958 » Calie Pistorius, South African engineer and academic
• 1958 » James Lileks, American journalist and blogger
• 1959 » Kurtis Blow, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1959 » Michael Kors, American fashion designer
• 1961 » Brad Gilbert, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1961 » John Key, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1962 » Louis Lipps, American football player and radio host

• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
• 1967 » Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 1969 » C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1969 » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
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. 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.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
• 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 August 9, 1959 was between 16.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.