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• William Paul Supanich, Lake Forest, Lake, Illinois, United States († 1977)
• Nicole Heijstek, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Nick Zonneveld, Waarland (gemeente Harenkarspel) († 2003)
• NN Goudzwaard, Poortvliet († 1959)
• Levenloos Botter, Den Helder († 1959)
• Mariëtte Trijntje Sylvia Pauw, Santpoort-Noord gemeente Velsen († 2015)
• karin Siem, Amersfoort
• Hendrik-Jan Bos, Baarn († 1966)
• Nicole Heijstek, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2008)
• Bertus Willems, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2004)

• Alvin Hadley Bradley (76), Michigan
• Antonius Johannes van Straaten (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Celina Maria Lagast (57), Lichtervelde
• Aksel Erhard Johansson Mäkinen (geboren Jussmäki) (75), Raatikainen, Pöytyä, Finland
• Augustines Gijsbertus Maria Augustinus Mutsaers (92), Tilburg Nederland
• Christina Vredeveldt (64), Utrecht
• Azarias José Monteiro de Andrade (80), Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Aartje Jansen (66), Ermelo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Apolonia Petronella van der Kooij (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna de Klerk (81), Rotterdam

• 1956 » Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
• 1957 » Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
• 1959 » Lee Chapman, English footballer
• 1959 » Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
• 1960 » Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1960 » Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1960 » Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
• 1960 » Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
• 1961 » Laura Flanders, British journalist
• 1961 » Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer

• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
• 1963 » Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
• 1964 » V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Fred Clark, American actor (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 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
• January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.

The temperature on December 5, 1959 was between 1.2 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.