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• Josephine Catharina Louisa M. van Rooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wilhelmina Hunneman, Den Helder († 2002)
• Eddy Deman († 1991)
• Droog, Hoorn
• Elske Drenth, Borne (Overijssel) († 2021)
• Boy THURMAN, Afton, Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States of America († 1959)
• Marga Mulders († 1967)
• Antonio Sergio Stievano Messias, Assis, São Paulo, Brasil († 2022)
• Levenloos kind Bos († 1959)
• Steven Veenstra, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)

• Aukje Wopkes Algra (72), Zwaag, N. Holland
• Antje Wobbes Boonstra (84), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Josephus Antonius van den Hout (55), Tilburg
• Abraham Beun (57), Weesperkarspel
• Alberta Hendrika Jansen (86), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Muller (67), Enschede
• Aalbert Olthuis (72), Zutphen
• Adriaantje Korvink (55), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Antonius Albertus Scheerder (31), Deventer
• Abram Beun (57), Weesperkarspel

• 1956 » Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer
• 1957 » Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
• 1957 » Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1959 » Kapil Dev, Indian cricketer
• 1960 » Howie Long, American football player and sports commentator
• 1960 » Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
• 1960 » Paul Azinger, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1961 » Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross racer († 2012)
• 1961 » Peter Whittle, British politician, author, journalist and broadcaster

• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
• 1974 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)

• 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 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
• 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 January 6, 1959 was between 0.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.