About the day » Saturday September 5, 1959Calender converter

• Charles Frederick Pratt
• Paul VAN DER SMISSEN, LOVENJOEL
• Maria (Ria) Hellemons, Heerle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Jeffrey Lawrence Whalen, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Geert│Gerard Kromhout, Katwijk († 2001)
• Wayne Edward Webrand, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2014)
• Maarten Voogt, Zuidland († 2005)
• Hieronyma Lidwina Jacoba van Hooft, Ulft
• Geert Kromhout, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Scott Michael Walma, Grand Rapids-Michigan (USA) († 2005)

• Cyriel Alfons VANDESANDE (58), Oostkamp
• Benjamin Boers (56), Wassenaar
• Andries Gort (77), Enschede
• Cornelia Maria Baldina Kreuger (72), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auktje Geertsema (69), Vlagtwedde, Gr., NL
• Albert Julius Quentin (63), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Arend Barf (76), Leeuwarden
• Derk Winter (69), Schuinesloot
• Cornelis de BOER (74), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schroven (77)

• 1956 » Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 » Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
• 1957 » Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager
• 1958 » Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
• 1959 » Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher († 2014)
• 1960 » Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
• 1961 » Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1962 » John McGrath, Welsh businessman
• 1962 » Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
• 1963 » Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter

• 1945 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1877)
• 1948 » Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (b. 1881)
• 1953 » Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German agronomist and politician (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1860)
• 1955 » Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (b. 1879)
• 1970 » Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1972 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (b. 1889)

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 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• 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.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
• 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 September 5, 1959 was between 10.7 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.