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• Gerardus Johannes Anthonius Odilia Boelens, 's Hertogenbosch († 2019)
• Johan Esveld, Putten († 1962)
• Craig Kenner Garrick, Provo-Utah (USA) († 2001)
• Hermina Clasina van der STOEL, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Geert Henri Jan Maria VAN DEN BRANDE, Dendermonde († 1994)
• David Lynn Wright [K], Obion County, Tennessee op († 1994)
• van Baardwijk, Sprang-Capelle
• Johannes Esveld, Putten († 1962)
• Johanna Antoinette Tijdeman, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Tiessiena van Wijk, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland

• Christina Maria Van Wijk (74), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Aldridge Meyer (81), Spring Valley (Bureau County), Bureau County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Blaise Camille BIGENWALD (74), Altkirch (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Cornelis Binnendijk (77), Rotterdam
• Arnolda van Rooij (73), Tilburg
• Aaltje de Ruiter (65), Arnhem {GE}
• Anna Albarta Kaptein (60), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje de Ruiter (76), Arnhem
• Albertus van Lith (87), Maren-Kessel, Nederland
• Aagje Stad (81), Zaandam, Noord Holland, Netherlands

• 1957 » Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
• 1957 » Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
• 1957 » Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter († 2013)
• 1958 » Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
• 1958 » Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player
• 1959 » Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese author, composer, and director
• 1959 » Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1960 » Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer († 2016)
• 1960 » Joe Boever, American baseball player

• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1974 » Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)

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. Dirk
14. David
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 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• 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.
• May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.

The temperature on October 4, 1959 was between 10.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.