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• Agatha Alida (Gatie) Voulon, Tietjerksteradeel, 9061, Nederland († 2021)
• N.N. Janssen, Breda († 1959)
• Henry Jacob Heerschap, Mississauga († 2014)
• Bianca Anita Voshol, Den Haag († 2017)
• Wilma Lassche († 2006)
• Sophia van de Straat, Den Helder († 1986)
• Ronald Eugene Fritz, Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Lummie Kelly († 1975)
• Ariena Christina van Ruitenburg, Zoetermeer
• Hubert Maessen, Bree (B), België († 1991)

• Aaltje Statema (88), Britswerd, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Tuijl (80), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Jakob Meijer (56), Velp
• Adrianus (Jos) van Hamond (60), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Loon (80)
• Antonio Pereira de Camargo (39)
• Andries de Boer (72), Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Rooij (73), weesper-karspel (noord holland)
• Andries Jan Quik (86), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Mouw (82), Nunspeet

• 1955 » Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 1956 » Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter
• 1956 » Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda († 2011)
• 1958 » Garth Crooks, English footballer forward and sportscaster
• 1958 » Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
• 1958 » Steve Howe, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1961 » Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut († 2003)
• 1962 » Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
• 1962 » Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter

• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)
• 1985 » Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (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.
• June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• 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.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
• December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

The temperature on March 10, 1959 was between 1.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.