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• Max Garagoski, Arnhem († 1983)
• Ronald Bertoen, Uithoorn († 2000)
• Agnes Martha Reggers, Maastricht
• Martin Dietz, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Antoinette Egidia Maria de Laat, Haaren († 1959)
• Christian Feuillet († 2009)
• Maria Christina Johanna Birekoven, Alkmaar († 2013)
• Paul Nicolaas Jong, Haarlem († 1959)
• Levenloos Phoelich, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1959)
• Maria Christina Johanna Birekoven, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Bernardus Martinus van Gils (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana GOMMERS (80), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend van den Brink (82)
• Aafje Cornelia Groen (54), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Brink (78), Utrecht
• Agatha Petronella BRUIJN (72), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Petronella Bruijn (72), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Everhardus Leonard Schoevaars (64), Doetinchem,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bettie Richards Todd **** (40), Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Berend van de Brink (82)

• 1957 » Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
• 1957 » Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Andy Slaughter, English politician
• 1960 » Carol Welsman, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1960 » David Sammartino, American wrestler and trainer
• 1960 » Hubert Neuper, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 » John Paxson, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Julian Armour, American-Canadian cellist and educator
• 1960 » Kenneth Hansen, Swedish race car driver

• 1937 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)

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.
• January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• 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.
• June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• 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".
• 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 29, 1959 was between 7.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.