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• NN de Volder, Goirle
• N Heijnen († 1959)
• Rudy Durieux, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Franky Henri Van Hee, Blankenberge († 2019)
• Marijke Bijl, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Gerardus Gerritzen, Beek († 2007)
• Beth Ranae Roskam, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Nikolaas Dijkstra, Eenrum
• Margreeth Jandr Wiskerke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Geertruida Petronella de Groot, Amsterdam, Nederland

• Adrianus Johannes Oonincx (58), Etten-Leur
• Alfons DE VOS (79), Eksaarde
• Anna Catharina BRIJS (87), Turnhout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriana Maria van Zwienen (79), De Bilt
• Bertha van Konijnenburg (86), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth Mulder (58), Amsterdam
• Adriana Johanna Noordergraaf (87), Utrecht
• Arendje Toet (83), Scheveningen
• Albert William Mattson (65), Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
• Dirk Rademaker (67), Hilversum, NH, Nederland

• 1955 » Cheetah Chrome, American musician
• 1955 » Miles Tredinnick, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1956 » Bidzina Ivanishvili, Georgian businessman and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Georgia
• 1956 » Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer-songwriter († 1997)
• 1957 » Marita Koch, German sprinter
• 1957 » Vanna White, American model and game show host
• 1959 » James Metzger, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1959 » Jayne Atkinson, English-American actress
• 1960 » Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress

• 1945 » Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)

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 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
• 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 February 18, 1959 was between -0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.