About the day » Monday November 9, 1959Calender converter

• Rudolf Harms († 2000)
• Heike Wiedenroth, DEU († 1982)
• Albertus Esveldt, Ter Aar († 1959)
• Tjarco Iedema († 1990)
• Cecelia Marie Arbore, New York
• Albertus Esveldt, Ter Aar († 1959)
• Denny Todd († 2007)
• Andre Wolz († 2012)
• Trina Justin, Sacaton, Pinal, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Antonia Martina Nys (45), Dessel (België)
• Adriana van Amerongen (78), Amersfoort
• Catharina Adriana Vieveen (57), Voorburg
• Antina Gesina Visser (77), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Bikker (80), Meerkerk
• Arend Keijzer (75), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Schoen (51), Purmerend
• Anthonius Cornelis Simon Antoon Killestijn (65), Warnsveld
• Antje (Anna) Kooiman (82), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Pas (64), Appingedam

• 1953 » Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
• 1954 » Aed Carabao, Thai singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Bob Nault, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1955 » Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Andreas Brehme, German footballer and manager
• 1960 » Demetra Plakas, American drummer
• 1960 » Sarah Franklin, American-English anthropologist and academic
• 1961 » Jill Dando, English journalist († 1999)
• 1964 » Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, director, and producer
• 1965 » Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress

• 1951 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1952 » Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1953 » Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (b. 1872)
• 1962 » Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian activist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1968 » Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)

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. 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.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• 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.
• 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 9, 1959 was between -1.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.