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• Anna Boiten, Groningen († 2018)
• Gerritjen G. Potman, Herike, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Barbara Sue Wildman, Indianapolis, Indiana († 1989)
• Cornelis Andreas Carolus Antonius Koenen, Dongen
• Jacob Richard Bostwick, Laona, Forest, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Ronald Christensen († 1994)
• Dirk Hilarides, Pingjum, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Ludovicus Marcus Maria Winkelman, Den Haag,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Nederland († 2024)
• William Alan Hofmeyer, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1982)
• Dirk Lammerts Hilarides († 1963)

• Alphonse Adolphe MUNCK (63), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Antonius Scheepers (76), Heerlen, Nederland
• Adriana Stuip (61), Borssele
• Antje POT (77), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia, Zuster Olympia VERHOEVEN (67), Assenede
• Augustinus Cornelius Vromans (74), Tilburg
• Antje van Dixhoorn (65), Utrecht, UT Netherlands
• Amanda Celeste Fenstermacher (87), Lime Ridge, Columbia Co.Pennsylvania
• Antje Seinen (82), Rotterdam
• Antje de Jong (54), Grouw

• 1957 » Jennifer Batten, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1958 » John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
• 1958 » Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
• 1959 » Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
• 1959 » Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago
• 1959 » Rich Camarillo, American football player and coach
• 1959 » Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
• 1960 » Cathy Moriarty, American actress
• 1960 » Howard Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower († 2013)

• 1946 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 1954 » Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 » James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
• 1975 » Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)

• 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 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• 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.
• 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".
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.

The temperature on November 29, 1959 was between 4.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.