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• Martien Weerts, Wilbertoord, Nbr.NL († 2017)
• Eric Dugauquier, La Hestre († 2008)
• Pamela Fay Nikkel, Grinnell, Powesheik County, Iowa († 2023)
• Max Clayton Ogas, Germany († 1986)
• Arnoldus Theodorus Letteboer, Geesteren († 2022)
• naamloos van den Eeckhaut, Sint Niklaas († 1959)
• Hubertus Antonius Petrus (Bert) de Vet, Dongen († 1969)
• Gregory Charles Ellefson († 1959)
• Marie Reine-Claude LEPERLIER, Au Port,974,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1961)
• David Vernon McNEASE († 1978)

• Adrianus de Lepper (80), Zeelst
• Aleida Berendina Wassink (76), Rhenen
• Antonius Theodorus van Deursen (5), Rosmalen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Klaassen (91)
• Beno Hammingh (32), Termunten, Eemsdelta, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Antoinetta Leijte (71), Engelen
• Sigmond (71), Den Haag
• Alida Catharina Wermeester (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Dis (89), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Baukje Antonides (86), Zetten, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1958 » Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 » Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 » Elizabeth Peña, American actress († 2014)
• 1959 » Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
• 1959 » Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler († 2014)
• 1959 » Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
• 1959 » Karen Pierce, English diplomat
• 1959 » Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)

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.
• February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• 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 September 23, 1959 was between 6.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.