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• Peter Hubertus Zengers, Bergeyk († 1968)
• Addie Beijk, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Mary Kristine Ammerman († 1959)
• Marleen Marzee, Sint-Truiden, België († 2014)
• Eva May Brown, Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Dennis T. Arend, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Martine Daniel Palmyre Vastmans, Bruxelles, Province de Brabant, Belgique († 1961)
• Jacobus Antonius Franciscus Marinus Martens, Alphen en Riel
• Jacobus Adrianus Maria van Aert, Prinsenbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Florus Gerrit Jan Mauritz, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 2011)

• Antonius Franciscus Beekman (65), Diessen
• Aaltje de Weerdt (81), Zwolle
• Alphonsus Wilhelmus Akkermans (71), Eindhoven
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Zundert (87), Heerlen
• Akke Doetje Kniepstra (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, NL
• Akke Doetje Kniepstra (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Gerdina van Bemmel (70), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afke (Effie) van Dijk (82), Grand Rapids, Michigan U.S.A., Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Berend Lumker (73), Enschede
• Arie de Pater (60), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1957 » Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1958 » Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
• 1959 » Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
• 1959 » H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1959 » Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator
• 1960 » Pat Van Den Hauwe, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1961 » André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1961 » Bill Hicks, American comedian and musician († 1994)
• 1961 » LaChanze, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1961 » Shane Black, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1949 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)
• 1969 » Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)
• 1970 » Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)

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. Dirk
14. David
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.
• January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• 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 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• 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 December 16, 1959 was between -1.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.