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• Hendrik Jan Theo Catsburg, Den Haag († 1959)
• Aaldrik Drenth († 1963)
• Maria Christina (Marijke)) Goudswaard, van, Arnhem († 2022)
• Bennie Soolsma († 1987)
• Jacob Johannes van Wandelen, Amersfoort († 2009)
• Mary Frances Higdon, Grayson County, Kentucky († 1959)
• Hendrina Woltera van Essen († 2008)
• Terry Eugene Lasater († 2015)
• Marcelleke KARSSENBERG, Heer († 1959)
• Catherine Hardee, Horry County,South Carolina († 1959)

• Anne Marie McCabe (59), Bexly New South Wales, Australia
• Andries Geljon (90), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arthur George WIFFEN (68), Geelong,Greater Geelong,Victoria,Australi
• Anna Matthijssen (79), Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Kasper Smelt (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Dirks Grasma (96), Veenwouden
• Alphonsus Jacobus Engels (70), Schiedam
• Bernadette Anna Maria van der Valk (1)
• Ann Laurena Stickel (91), Los Angeles, Californië, VS
• Albert de Vries (76)

• 1957 » Chris Cowdrey, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, English politician
• 1958 » Dave Krieg, American football player
• 1958 » Lynn Flewelling, American author and academic
• 1958 » Mark King, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Scott Hall, American wrestler
• 1958 » Valerie Faris, American director and producer
• 1958 » Viggo Mortensen, American-Danish actor and producer
• 1959 » Mark Little, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer († 2004)

• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)
• 1977 » Steve Gaines, American guitarist (b. 1949)

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.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.

The temperature on October 20, 1959 was between 5.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.