About the day » Tuesday January 27, 1959Calender converter

• Johanna Theodora Aleida van Schaijck, Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland († 2021)
• Gerrigje Altena, Wierden († 2009)
• Elisabeth Maria Cornelia Johanna Aleida Boers, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Maria van der Geest, Voorhout († 2019)
• Jan Beekman, Emmen († 2025)
• N.N. van Tol, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1959)
• Paul J. Patricelli, King County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1959)
• wilhelmus nicolaas johannes (nick) wilms, helden-panningen
• Cornelia Petronella Maria (Conny) VAN DER GEEST, Voorhout (NL/ZH) († 2012)
• Aafke Engelien Meinderts Hekman († 1968)

• Alberdina Hillegonda Johanna Krijnen (83), Utrecht
• Albert Willis Cann (71), White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
• Anna Maria Pet (64), Leiden
• Catharina Huberta Beulen (73), Kessel
• Casparus Petrus Zwart (70), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Maria Theresia Bormans (64), Brustem, België
• Antonetta Maria Nooijen (58), Helmond
• Aafke Smit (52), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis 't Hart (75)
• Bernardus Gerardus Glansbeek (73), Cleveland Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1957 » Frank Miller, American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Janick Gers, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Alan Milburn, English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1958 » James Grippando, American lawyer and author
• 1959 » Cris Collinsworth, American football player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Göran Hägglund, Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
• 1959 » Keith Olbermann, American journalist and author
• 1960 » Fiona O'Donnell, Canadian-Scottish politician
• 1961 » Margo Timmins, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1961 » Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer

• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1
• 1970 » Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1971 » Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)

• 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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

The temperature on January 27, 1959 was between -3.1 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.