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• Timothy James GANSEN († 1962)
• Jean-Pierre Vermeulen, Temse († 1987)
• Henry Syto van der Kooi, Yellow Knife († 2021)
• Cathy Lynn Jansen, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2015)
• louis edmond gerard maria (lou) van horne, helden-panningen
• J.G.E.M. Lamers, Venlo, Nederland († 2015)
• EUGENIE BRACKE, BORNEM,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE († 1959)
• Alida,Mary Ruijter de, Archem, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Gary van der Plaats, Holland, Allegan County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Louise Caroline van Beckhoven, Amsterdam († 2008)

• Barend ter Balkt- (65), Enschede, Nederland
• Aagtje Wouwenaar (62), Nieuw Roden, Roden, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Cuijpers (74), Horst
• Adriana Wilhelmina Vermeij (61), Gouda
• Alexander Bezemer (79), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Barend ter Balkt (65), Enschede
• Claudine Jacqueline Hélène Marie van der STRATEN PONTHOZ (35), Cho Oyou, Himalaya, Népal, France
• Albert Munneke (72), St. Etienne sous Bailleul (F)
• Albert Munneke (72), St. Etienne sous Bailleul (F)
• Anthonie Rinus Wolf (1), Zwolle, Nederland

• 1957 » John Cook, American golfer
• 1957 » Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
• 1958 » Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Luis Fernández, French footballer and manager
• 1960 » Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Django Bates, English pianist and composer
• 1960 » Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
• 1960 » Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
• 1960 » Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri († 2015)

• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

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. Anita

• 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 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• 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?”

The temperature on October 2, 1959 was between 4.6 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.