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• Margareth Joan Hagen, Ottawa Ontario († 1977)
• James Barry Healy, Flushing (New York)
• Nico Johan Otto Edelbroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marten Huizinga († 1968)
• Necronatum van Laere, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Bakker, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands († 1960)
• N.N. Smekens, Breda († 1959)
• Yolande PICAVET, Frelinghien,59236,Nord,Hauts-de-France,France († 2010)
• Petronella Margaretha Bernadette de Wilde, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2024)
• Margareth Joan Hagen, Glen Robertson († 1977)

• Batje Burger (88), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Biemolt (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nijs de (88), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Wielaert (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Rouwenhorst (70), 's Gravenhage
• Adrianus Arnoldus Koopman (68), Amsterdam
• Alberdina Godeke (73), Hardenberg
• Cornelia Adriana Broeders (49), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Frans van Heusden (13), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Gilles la Brijn (67), Delft

• 1958 » Curt Byrum, American golfer
• 1958 » Terry Butcher, English footballer and manager
• 1958 » Zoran Gajić, Serbian volleyball trainer
• 1959 » Ana Torroja, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Daniel Léo Simpson, American composer
• 1959 » Hansjörg Kunze, German runner and sportscaster
• 1960 » John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 » Melvin Turpin, American basketball player († 2010)
• 1960 » Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 » Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager

• 1945 » Theodore Dreiser, American novelist and journalist (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910)
• 1959 » Ante Pavelić, Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Katharine McCormick, American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875)
• 1968 » David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888)

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.
• January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• 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 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

The temperature on December 28, 1959 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.