About the day » Friday March 13, 1959Calender converter

• Yvette VROONEN, Sint-Truiden (B) († 2006)
• Eddy Sons, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1984)
• Gerrit Teeuwissen, Huizen († 2015)
• John Anderson RUTHERFORD, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Hermanna Maria Hudepohl, Slagharen († 2022)
• maria rosalia francisca (mia) nouwen, helden-panningen
• Daniel Eugene Roozeboom, Pella, Marion County, Iowa († 1959)
• Guido MEYERS, Hasselt,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 1963)
• Herma Hudepohl († 2022)
• Anne Caroline Thomson, Edinburgh,Groot-Brittanië († 2003)

• Bouwe Hendriks Gall (71), Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Auktje Bonnema (59), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• antonius hermanus hendrikus wijnhoven (55), venlo
• Arthur Albert Wright (78), Lepreau, Charlotte Co.,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Lucia Hermans (76), Meijel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Auktje Jans (Agnes) BONNEMA (59), Kalamazoo Kalamazoo County Michigan U.S.A
• Annie Maartje Broekhuizen (33), Alkmaar
• Aafje de Beurs (57), Amersfoort
• Bouwe Gall (71), Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus Bogers (69), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1955 » Bruno Conti, Italian footballer and manager
• 1956 » Dana Delany, American actress and producer
• 1957 » John Hoeven, American banker and politician, 31st Governor of North Dakota
• 1957 » Moses Hogan, American composer and conductor († 2003)
• 1958 » Caryl Phillips, Caribbean-English author and playwright
• 1958 » Mágico González, Salvadoran footballer
• 1958 » Rick Lazio, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 » Dirk Wellham, Australian cricketer
• 1960 » Adam Clayton, English-born Irish musician and songwriter
• 1960 » Joe Ranft, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor († 2005)

• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Rockwell Kent, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1972 » Tony Ray-Jones, English photographer (b. 1941)
• 1975 » Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1976 » Ole Haugsrud, American sports executive (b. 1900)

• 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.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• 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.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”

The temperature on March 13, 1959 was between -1.2 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.