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• Rene van Amelsvoort, Arnhem
• Andrew Boyd DeShong, McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 2002)
• Dion Frans Simon D'Hoop, Kortrijk, België († 1959)
• Levenloos Postema, Den Helder († 1959)
• Leendert Johannes Quist, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1984)
• Rudi Isabelle Augustin Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 2013)
• Leendert Johannes Quist, Sint Philipsland gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1984)
• Arthur Eduard Martens, Badhoevedorp, Gemeente Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Vincent Arthur Ingen Housz, Ede,Gemeente Ede,Gelderland,Netherlands († 1971)
• Jacobus Johannes Gerardus Camp, Nederweert († 1959)

• Alphonus Aloisius Marie van Lieshout (74), Bergen
• Alida Duijn (68), Berkhout, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaan de Buck (54), Vlissingen
• Carolina Johanna Paats (75), Amersfoort
• Arie Vergers (73), Haarlem
• Carolina Huberta Onckels (83), Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arie Marinus van der Lee, Hilversum, NH, Nederland
• Carolina Johanna Paats (75), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus Mensen (82)
• Albertus Kollenburg (69), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1958 » Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer
• 1958 » Matt Salmon, American politician
• 1958 » Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
• 1958 » Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician († 2015)
• 1959 » Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1959 » Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter
• 1960 » Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
• 1960 » Sidney Lowe, American basketball player
• 1961 » Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier
• 1961 » Kevin Cramer, American politician

• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)
• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)

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.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.

The temperature on January 21, 1959 was between 5.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.