About the day » Sunday March 15, 1959Calender converter

• Maria Christina Peters, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2023)
• Tiburtius Petrus Henrica SMET († 1960)
• Jan Groen († 2023)
• Tibutitus Petrus Henrica Smet († 1960)
• N.N. Engelman, Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Bruce Alan Bouwman, Usa († 1983)
• Elisabeth Ann Kleinbussink, Hardenberg († 1959)
• gertruda johanna cornelia maria (rudie) reijnen, helden-dorp
• levenloos geboren kind († 1959)
• Nikolas Nicolaas van Joegoslavië

• Albert SCHUILING (85), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agatha Limmen (80), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Boukje Broekhuisen (61), Zwolle
• Anthonia van der Horst (79), Stompwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A. van Nieuwenhuisen (64)
• Aaltje Reinholtd (77), Den Helder
• Anthonie Hermanus (Teun) Zoeteman (81), Zuidland, Nissewaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antje Veenstra (58), -
• Antonius Josephus SEGERS (66), Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Alma Margareta Bengtsson (60), Håkafot, Frostviken, Jämtland (Z)

• 1957 » David Silverman, American animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese-American actor
• 1957 » Víctor Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1958 » Anne Davies, English television presenter and newsreader
• 1959 » Ben Okri, Nigerian poet and author
• 1959 » Harold Baines, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Lisa Holton, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Renny Harlin, Finnish director and producer
• 1960 » Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 » Phil Walsh, Australian rules footballer and coach († 2015)

• 1951 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lester Young, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1909)
• 1962 » Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Charles Bartliff, American soccer player (b. 1886)
• 1966 » Abe Saperstein, American basketball player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Miles Malleson, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 33rd Yokozuna (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1971 » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)

• 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 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.

The temperature on March 15, 1959 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.