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• Sandra Jean Linck, St Joseph, Missouri († 2018)
• Cornelia Korf, Ijmuiden († 2011)
• Hendrikus, Johannes, Jakobus, Maria van Tiggelen, Oud-Gastel († 2006)
• Klaas Roelof van der Wal, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Jantje Dorrestijn († 1964)
• Johannes Antonius Cornelis Denneman, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Tonny Helmink († 2004)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Broeks, Boxmeer († 1959)
• Ernst André Cancrinus, Kaapstad (zuid Africa)
• Christiaan Dirk Zuyderhoudt

• Adriana Elisabeth Soeters (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adriana Elisabeth Soeters (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brian Norman Dreyer (3), Durban Natal South Africa
• Akke Boukes Oosthoek (68), Drachten
• Anke van Tuinen (66)
• Adriana - Wilhelmina - Maria Vegers (59), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Rutten (78), Fargo, Cass, Noord Dakota, VS
• Agata M Baione (77), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Cornelis Disseldorp (67), Leiden
• Aarnoud Adriaanse (80), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL

• 1956 » Doina Melinte, Romanian runner
• 1958 » Steve Jones, American golfer
• 1959 » Andre Tippett, American football player and coach
• 1959 » Gerina Dunwich, American astrologer, historian, and author
• 1960 » Donald Nally, American conductor and academic
• 1960 » Maryam d'Abo, English actress
• 1960 » Terry Price, Australian golfer
• 1961 » Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany († 2016)
• 1962 » John Kampfner, Singaporean journalist and author
• 1962 » Mark Few, American basketball player and coach

• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Lambert McKenna, Irish priest and lexicographer (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1898)

• 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.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on December 27, 1959 was between 5.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.