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• Marcel MArie Jacobus MEVISSEN, Heerlen (Limburg) (NL) († 1960)
• Therese Reuvers, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Peter Johan Prommel, Willemstad Curacao N.A., Nederlandse Antillen
• Eugênio Teixeira da Silva, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1980)
• Patrick BETTI, Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France († 2015)
• Doodgeboren kind Pape, Tilburg († 1959)
• Jozef Petrus Nicolaas Pancras, Hoorn († 1959)
• n.n. Belle, Kerkrade († 1959)
• Theodora Josefa Koek († 1960)
• Theodora Josefa Koek, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)

• Aaltje Ytsma (77), Visvliet, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Riefel (77), Steenderen
• Aaltje Ludzers Ytsma (77), Visvliet
• Berendina Riefel (77), Steenderen
• Arthur ALLEN (87), 11 Vernon Crescent, Whitley Wood, Reading, Berkshire
• Anna Regina Maria Blaauw (70), Callantsoog, Nederland
• Charles W. Stidham (83)
• Adrianus Bersi (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin Lewis Jr (81), Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States
• Antonius Kerkhofs (82), Meerveldhoven

• 1957 » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 1958 » Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
• 1958 » Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
• 1959 » Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
• 1959 » Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
• 1960 » Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
• 1960 » Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter

• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)

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.
• January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on August 17, 1959 was between 8.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.