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• Yvonne Arts, Hoensbroek
• Charles Willebrordus Brons, Utrecht († 2006)
• Eduard Rudolf Pieter (Ed) Kapel († 2015)
• Denise Katrina Matthews († 2016)
• Charles Willebrordus Brons, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Arturo Terschegget, Baarn († 1959)
• Jan Baron, Ter Idzard († 1959)
• Erik Jan Mast († 2016)
• Margreet Zonneveld, Castricum († 2010)
• Paul Rath († 2021)

• Adrianus Broeckx (79), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angela Elisabeth Antonia Maria Staaltjens (2), Ginneken,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casmir Slivinski (44), Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio
• Alice Elizabeth Redfern (85), Pukekohe, Franklin, Auckland, New Zealand
• Bermeltji Wormmeester (81), Byron Center, Kent County, MI (US)
• Alje van Bruggen (74), Wittewierum, 9792, Nederland
• Albert Sibon (72), Schoonebeek, Nederland
• 00 Margaretha Johanna de Boer (42), Loosdrecht
• Carolina Serefina (Carla) De Vries (0), Oosterbeek
• Alberdina Catharina Scheevaas (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
• 1957 » Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor
• 1960 » Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 » Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer
• 1963 » Martina Proeber, German diver
• 1964 » Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player

• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1975 » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)

• 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 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• 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 4, 1959 was between -0.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.