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• Louise Wilma van Dinter, Orangeville, Ontario (Canada) († 1979)
• Frederik Balis, Koersel-Limburg, België († 2017)
• Dennis Ray Moenning, Knox City († 2015)
• Pieter Wignand († 2019)
• Lex Brinkkemper, Bakkum († 1965)
• Caroline HEYMANS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2020)
• Kevin Eric de Berg, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota († 2014)
• Hendrik Neven († 2021)
• Diane Marie Ramirez, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Lex Brinkkemper, Bakkum († 1965)

• Albert Wesselink (Wesseling) (84), Coevorden, Nederland
• Adriaantje Wals (78), Purmerend
• Anna Sinke (84), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana van Dorland (72), Dodewaard (Gelderland)
• Abraham Kiewiet (82), Amersfoort
• Anna Jacoba BRUIJN (83), Doorwerth (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• BENEDICTUS AUGUSTINUS (Gust) VAN SWEEVELT (46), GEEL WINKELOMHEIDE
• Arnolda Klazina Wijker (70), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Mattheus Voordouw (57), Baarn
• Aart van Hierden (30)

• 1957 » Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor († 1996)
• 1958 » Michael Skinner, English rugby player
• 1959 » Dai Davies Welsh politician and independent MP
• 1959 » Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic
• 1959 » Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster
• 1960 » Chuck Eddy, American journalist
• 1960 » Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Ivory, American wrestler and trainer
• 1961 » Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
• 1961 » Tom Carroll, Australian surfer

• 1950 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)
• 1954 » Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1973 » John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1974 » Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)

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 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

The temperature on November 26, 1959 was between -1.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.