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• Margareth de Vries, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2001)
• Leroy Richard Eberwein († 1998)
• NN de Jong, Zaandam
• Darwin Lee Green († 2021)
• Margereth de Vries, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2001)
• Marco Antonio Gardelin Verdegaal, Rome († 1977)
• Infant Son McLamb († 1959)
• Hilbert PASTERKAMP, Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Leonardus Joseph Maria Hoogervorst, Poeldijk († 2017)
• Reinhard Andr√© Kuiper, Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord Holland,Nederland († 2005)

• Adriana Hoevenaar (66), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Earl Raymond Lewis (65)
• Barnardus LUTTMER (72), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Christina Put (99), Brummen
• Charel Maria Antoon VANLINGEN (57)
• Elfriede Pohl (82)
• Bernetta Florence Snider (82)
• Bernardus Franciscus Walstra (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Bartow Bunion . Whisenant (68), Hall County, Georgia
• Elbert Brinckerhoff Duncan (61), Englewood (Bergen County) (New Jersey)

• 1958 » Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
• 1958 » Kate Worley, American author († 2004)
• 1958 » Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer
• 1959 » Charles Hudson, American baseball player
• 1959 » Flavor Flav, American rapper and actor
• 1959 » Greg Dyer, Australian cricketer
• 1959 » Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary General of NATO
• 1959 » Michael J. Bloomfield, American astronaut
• 1959 » Sebastian Currier, American composer and educator
• 1959 » Steve Marker, American musician

• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)

• 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.
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on March 16, 1959 was between 2.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.