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• Vincent Renkema († 2000)
• Robert Dale Bauer, Carver (Minnesota, VS) († 2019)
• johannes joseph marie (jo) winkelmolen, neer
• Johanna Maria Hendrina Jozephina Rikkens, Oeffelt († 1959)
• N.N. van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom († 1959)
• Klaas Huisbrink, Genemuiden († 2015)
• Huub Severens († 1979)
• David Jan Duitscher, Valthe Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2010)
• Ellen Joan van Steeg, Baarn († 2010)
• Marianne Grasmeijer, Steenwijk († 1979)

• Antonius Aloysius Joachim van Wees (64), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina Verheijen (79), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Bakker (74), Nijkerk
• Agnes Spencer (Twin) WHITFIELD (SPENCER) (98), "New Grove", The Grove, Marton, Nr Middlesbrough, Yorks
• Andreas Huvenaars (81), Maaseik(B)
• Arie Sprang, van (92), Leiden
• Anna Maria VAN DOORNINCK (79), Ermelo Gelderland Netherlands
• Arie Peetoom (55), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angelina RIJMEN (70), Grobbendonk, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Josephina Yerna (63), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)

• 1952 » Dave Barr, Canadian golfer
• 1953 » Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 1953 » Sinan Çetin, Turkish actor, director, and producer
• 1954 » Catherine Bach, American actress
• 1954 » Ron Howard, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Dalia Grybauskaitė, Lithuanian politician, 6th President of Lithuania
• 1956 » Tim Daly, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Nik Kershaw, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1959 » Nick Griffin, English politician
• 1961 » Mike Rozier, American football player

• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)
• 1943 » Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1952 » Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
• 1966 » Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 1976 » Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (b. 1910)
• 1978 » Paul Scott, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1979 » Mustafa Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdistan politician (b. 1903)

• 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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on March 1, 1959 was between 0.7 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.