About the day » Thursday August 13, 1959Calender converter

• Karin Johanna van der Bent, Leiden († 2003)
• Karin Johanna van der Bent, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1959)
• Tieme Antonie (Tonnie) Beekelaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Naamloos Bouwmeester, Lisserbroek († 1959)
• NN Buitenhuis, Rotterdam {ZH} († 1959)
• Jos Oude Engberink († 2001)
• Elisabeth Bouwmeester, Lisserbroek († 1959)
• Karen L Trobaugh, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Maria Agatha (Mariët) VENDRIG, Jutphaas

• Carolus Eduardus CASTEELS (92), Elewijt,1982,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Aart_Johannes Waning (75), Haarlem
• Bertha Rouwenhorst (72), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Gaikhorst (81), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dena Kuipers (66), Chicago Cook, Ill. (USA)
• Alida Lintvelt (75), Zeist, U, The Netherlands
• Bauke Elias Nauta (74), Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Albartus Jansen (86)
• Antje Wiegers Algra (82), Hardegarijp
• (Karel) Bernard Brandt (83), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1958 » David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster
• 1958 » Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1993)
• 1959 » Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler
• 1959 » Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1960 » Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1961 » Koji Kondo, Japanese composer and sound director
• 1961 » Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
• 1961 » Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter

• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (b. 1949)
• 1975 » Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (b. 1901)
• 1978 » Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (b. 1944)
• 1979 » Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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. 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.
• 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 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• 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".
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
• December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

The temperature on August 13, 1959 was between 14.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.