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• Gerrit Vlaming, Texel († 2020)
• Jantje Dorrestijn († 1964)
• Klaas Roelof van der Wal, Haaksbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Johannes Antonius Cornelis Denneman, Alkmaar († 1960)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria Broeks, Boxmeer († 1959)
• Ernst André Cancrinus, Kaapstad (zuid Africa)
• Anna Maria Bankras, De Weere († 1962)
• Johannes Antonius Cornelis Denneman, Alkmaar († 1960)
• N.N. Rijsdijk, Deventer († 1959)
• gerarda petronella josephina (ger) manders, helden-egchel

• Bernardus Cornelis Disseldorp (67), Hoogmade
• Adrianus "John Andrew" Rutten (78), Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States
• Vegers (59), Breda
• Arie Lap (77), Amsterdam
• Adriana Elisabeth Soeters (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur De Meydts (0), Gent
• Akke Boukes Oosthoek (68), Drachten
• Berendina Catharina Hendriks van Aalderen (94), Warnsveld
• Akke Oosthoek (68), Drachten
• Constance Eleonore COOMANS (26), USA

• 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)

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 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
• May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• 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.