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Born on Thursday January 8, 1959
Died on Thursday January 8, 1959

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 8, 1959 at Delpher


Born on January 8

Died on January 8

Names that were popular for boys in 1959
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Peter
  5. Willem
  6. Hendrik
  7. Robert
  8. Gerrit
  9. Pieter
  10. Petrus
  11. Ronald
  12. Paul
  13. Dirk
  14. David
  15. John
  16. Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1959
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1959
  • 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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
  • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
  • September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
  • October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
  • November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
Weather January 8, 1959

The temperature on January 8, 1959 was between 0.3 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.

Source: KNMI