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• Hendrik Jan Duitman († 1959)
• Ragnar Zaal, Risør, Aust-Agder, Norway († 2023)
• Stany Engelbosch, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)
• Cees (C.M.J) Veerman († 2024)
• Beurskens, Baarlo, Limburg, The Netherlands († 1994)
• Pierre-André Juckers, Johannesburg (Suid-Afrika), Zuid-Afrika († 1989)
• Jacqueline Petronella, Jacoba Bindels, Milsbeek († 2017)
• Fiona Mary Flanagan, Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland († 2003)
• joke beurskens († 1994)
• Susan Esther de Groot, Michigan, V.S († 1959)

• Aaltje Paalman (77), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Bruijn de (66), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Geerts Veenstra (89), terwispel
• Anton Bastiaan Adank (82), Breda
• Augustinus Adrianus Maria Franciscus Pijnenburg (23)
• Albertus van den Bosch (83), Vleuten-De Meern
• Anna Brinken (58), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charley William Howton (57), Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States
• Aaltje Bonestroo (51), Hoevelaken, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catharina Maria Benniks (67), Groningen

• 1957 » Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
• 1958 » Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
• 1958 » Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1959 » Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter
• 1959 » Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1959 » Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster
• 1960 » Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager
• 1960 » John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
• 1960 » Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat
• 1960 » Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach

• 1947 » Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
• 1953 » Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 1954 » Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)
• 1960 » Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
• 1962 » K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)

• 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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on November 28, 1959 was between 5.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.