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• Jan Konijn, Den Haag († 2004)
• Margaret Jane Jones, Norwalk, California († 1959)
• Jacqueline Vermeulen, Woerden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Miep van Zon, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 2021)
• Robert Jack APON, Albany († 1999)
• Timothy Hewison, Gateshead, Durham, England († 2009)
• Piet Zandbergen, Vollenhove († 1981)
• Johanna Maria Soerink, Nijmegen († 1995)
• Harmans (Harry) Martijn, Heemskerk, Nederland († 2009)
• Ria Jonckman, Brustem, België († 2022)

• Catharina Alida van den Eshof (79), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Guijt (80)
• Catharina Alida van den Eshof (79), Roermond
• Adriana Johanna Harinck (71), Oudelande
• Dekker (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Martinus Jansen (79), Zandvoort
• Alexandra Westhouse (0), Toronto (York, Ontario, Canada)
• Barbara Timmermans (75), Borgloon, België
• Catharina Maria Michielsen (39), Zundert
• Aukje Oosterhof (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1957 » Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 » Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player
• 1958 » Mark Austin, English journalist
• 1958 » Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Susanna Clarke, English author and educator
• 1960 » Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 » Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.
• 1961 » Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach († 2018)
• 1961 » Calvin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Louise Boije af Gennäs, Swedish author and screenwriter

• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

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. 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. Jacoba

• 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.
• 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 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on November 1, 1959 was between -0.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.