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• Gen Ross Jr. McKee, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, V.S († 1959)
• Jaap Struiksma, Leeuwarden († 2020)
• Sonja van Dijk, amsterdam, Nederland († 2021)
• Ina Zondervan, Leeuwarden
• Viola Groeneveld, Leiden († 2006)
• Jaap Struiksma († 2020)
• Connie Harvey, Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania († 2007)
• Martine Jeannine SEGERS, Mortsel,2640,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1960)
• Evalina Anna Catharina Tol, Beemster, Nederland († 1988)
• David Harry Ostendorf, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa († 2002)

• Arie Redert (84)
• Antje van der Weg (81), Gaarkeuken, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Feddriks van der Weg (81), Gaarkeuken, Grijpskerk
• Angelo Girardelli (49), Três Pontas, MG, Brasil
• Arnoldus Thomas van der Mossel (82), Leeuwarden
• Berend Hessels (77), Wapse, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland
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• Christina Maria (Stien) Steverink (59), Rotterdam
• Bartel Lageman (85), Coevorden, Nederland
• Antonetta Alida Maria Gilissen (62), Groningen

• 1957 » Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland
• 1958 » Naomi Oreskes, American historian of science
• 1959 » Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1959 » Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 » Amy Grant, American singer-songwriter
• 1960 » John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher († 1999)
• 1961 » Paul Comstive, English footballer († 2013)
• 1962 » Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 » Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese videogame designer
• 1962 » Scott Cam, Australian carpenter and television host

• 1950 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Mao Anying, Chinese general (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
• 1961 » Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
• 1963 » Alexander Marinesko, Russian lieutenant (b. 1913)
• 1965 » Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878)

• 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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.

The temperature on November 25, 1959 was between -0.3 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.