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• Wilhelmien Klein Overmeen († 2015)
• Frederik Dirk Houwaart, Noordwijk († 2021)
• Petrus Christiaan Maria van de Ven, Ravenstein, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jan Koning, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Gerson Somy Uneputty († 2014)
• 10 Andre Cools, Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2010)
• Jaap Wigbout, Wieringen († 1982)
• Barbara Hanna Pauline de Muralt, Londen,Greater London,England († 1959)
• Wendy Jane de Bruin, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• Johanna Maria Aldegonda van den Heuvel, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)

• Anthonia de Vrij (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Louis Barre (75), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Harms Brander (75), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anja de Roos (0), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Ariaantje Catharina van Mastrigt (91), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Niederlande
• Berend Weering (86), Voorst
• Arnoldus Willem Voerman (60), Kampen
• Anna Catharina Van Doninck (94), Geel, België
• Anna Mechtilda Vervuurt (80), Wanssum, 5861, Nederland
• Aukje van der Wal (75), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1955 » David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
• 1955 » Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 » Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer
• 1958 » Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter
• 1959 » Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor († 2006)
• 1959 » Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
• 1959 » Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
• 1960 » Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1961 » Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1962 » Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host († 2006)

• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Elizabeth Bowen, Anglo-Irish author (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Winthrop Rockefeller, American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)

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. David
14. Dirk
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.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
• 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 22, 1959 was between 0.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.