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• Carla Klaassen, Bladel en Netersel († 2008)
• Ruigrok, Haarlem († 1959)
• Johanna Maria Versteeg, Utrecht, Niederlande († 1959)
• Marcel Bonouvrié († 1977)
• Adriaan Overweg, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Johanna Carolina VAN DER MEER, Enschede († 1988)
• NN Pieters, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Gerda Kuiper, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2017)
• N.N. Govers, Breda († 1959)
• Jacobus Nicolaas van Wissen, 's Gravenhage

• Alta Sherburne (63), Columbus, Franklin Co. Ohio, United States
• Berendina Olijdam (69), Deventer, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Auke Jans Piersma (82)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Rozenbrand (78), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Germaine" Juliette Charlotte Zeller (63), Paris
• Anna Folkerts (59), Iowa
• Augustus J Rogers II (74), Beulah, Benzie, Michigan, United States
• Andre Tessier (23), Monteregie, Canada, Quebec, Canada
• Arnt (Arendt) Ahrenholz (69), Renville County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Arnt Ahrenholz (69), Renville County, Minnesota

• 1952 » Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1953 » Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
• 1953 » Frank Hanisch, German footballer
• 1955 » Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
• 1955 » Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1956 » Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1962 » Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
• 1963 » Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist († 1998)
• 1964 » Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
• 1967 » Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

• 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 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
• March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
• July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

The temperature on November 6, 1959 was between -1.0 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.