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• Jan De Leenheer († 2009)
• Mathilde Schreuder, Amsterdam († 2013)
• Koos Bisschop, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1986)
• NN Gerritsen, Hilvarenbeek
• Dominique Bryon († 1960)
• Egbert Pieter (Peter) van Iperen, Groningen († 2011)
• Baby van der Hoek, Doezum († 1959)
• Adrianus Johannes Ferdinandus Maria van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Naamloos LENAERTS, Bornem († 1959)
• N.N. Wiegmans, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1959)

• Andreas Arthur Couckuyt (66), Bissegem, WVL, B
• Anna Maria Dam (90), Amsterdam
• Annechiena Annetta Stukje (64), Avereest
• Abraham Schoon (80), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Aimé CLARIOND (64), Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Alice DEKKINGA (57), Chicago
• Anna Maria Jacoba van der Schouw (80), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kramer (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dirks van Eeden (85), Naaldwijk
• Anna Christina Kuin (66)

• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
• 1956 » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1957 » Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1958 » Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
• 1959 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 » Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
• 1959 » Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic

• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)
• 1972 » Maurice Chevalier, French actor and singer (b. 1888)

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. 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. Anita

• 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 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.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 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".
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on January 1, 1959 was between 3.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.