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• Tiburtius Petrus Henrica SMET († 1960)
• Elisabeth Ann Kleinbussink, Hardenberg († 1959)
• Jan Paul Lagacie
• Tibutitus Petrus Henrica Smet († 1960)
• Tiburtius Petrus Henrica SMET († 1960)
• Maria Christina Peters, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2023)
• gertruda johanna cornelia maria (rudie) reijnen, helden-dorp
• Bruce Alan Bouwman, Usa († 1983)
• Marco Vermie, Amsterdam († 1996)
• N.N. Engelman, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1959)

• Albert Harmsz Wink (79), Wanneperveen, ov.nld
• Antonie Heijstek (70), Hasnon
• Caroline Maria Aloysia Ernestine Notgera Prinses van Oettingen-Oettingen en Oettingen-Wallerstein (86), Wenen
• Albert Wink (79), Netherlands
• Anna Maria Josten (68), Sint Agatha, Nederland
• A. van Nieuwenhuisen (64)
• Andrea Lois Meurs (0), Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
• Albert Harms Wink (79), Wanneperveen, Nederland
• Antje Freerks Kamma (76), Nes
• Anthonie Hermanus (Teun) Zoeteman (81), Zuidland (Nissewaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

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. Jacoba

• 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.
• March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• 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.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
• December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

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.