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• N.N. Boon, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Terry Dean QUIST († 1974)
• Rudy Hooyberghs, Mol, Antwerpen, België († 2011)
• Onbekend Braam, Woerden, Nederland († 1959)
• Levenloos geboren Steins, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands († 1959)
• Lynn Albert Kruger, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa, Buried Stout Cemetery, Stout, Grundy County, Iowa († 2020)
• Ellis Bloemer, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1959)
• Linn Mary Visscher
• Marjan Bos, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Henk Schoolderman († 2014)

• Alida Agatha Purmer (83), Den Helder
• Charles Allen Carter (47)
• Clasina Helena van der Linden (69), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catherine Peeters (72), Sint-Truiden, België
• David Evans #1847*10 (87), Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
• Alfred Marcel CORCY (75)
• Albertus SCHELHAAS (88), Edgerton, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• André Emiel MICHIELS (64), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant
• Aaltje Moleman (72), Eindhoven
• Christiaan Brugmans (75), Gemeente Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1957 » Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1999)
• 1958 » Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Deborah Estrin, American computer scientist and academic
• 1959 » Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman († 2015)
• 1959 » Stephen Hepburn, English politician
• 1959 » Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer
• 1960 » Masahiko Katsuya, Japanese journalist and photographer († 2018)
• 1961 » David Lovering, American drummer
• 1961 » Jonathan Melvoin, American musician († 1996)
• 1961 » Manuel Reuter, German race car driver

• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 1974 » Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904)
• 1976 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
• 1980 » Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911)

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.
• February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

The temperature on December 6, 1959 was between 0.9 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.