About the day » Monday March 23, 1959Calender converter

• Sven BOS, Paterson,Passaic County,NJ,UNITED STATES
• Abraham (Bram) van Pelt, Woerden († 1959)
• Nick Altena, Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Hendrik Groothuizen, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 2015)
• Gilbert Stassen († 1966)
• Kevin A Thiel († 2005)
• Mark E. Bellerdine, Montreal, Quibeck,Canada
• maria johanna antonia (maria) lormans, helden-koningslust
• Cornelia (Connie) VROEGOP, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Andrew Peterson, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 1963)

• Alida Schainck (76), Hilversum
• Angenita Hendrika Gerritsen (74), Hengelo
• Adriana Maatje van Dijke (56), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Reitsma (82), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barent VRYMOET (75), Washington
• Antonia Wilhelmina Hendrica Gadella (53), Utrecht
• Aaltje Hazelaar (80), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna DE WIT (79), Kortenhoef, S-Graveland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aafje Kooiman (82), Purmerend
• Aaltien Molenkamp (78), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1957 » Amanda Plummer, American actress
• 1957 » Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1957 » Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager († 1998)
• 1958 » Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 » Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
• 1959 » Catherine Keener, American actress
• 1960 » Nicol Stephen, Baron Stephen, Scottish lawyer and politician, 2nd Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 1961 » Craig Green, New Zealand rugby player
• 1961 » Roger Crisp, English philosopher and academic

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on March 23, 1959 was between 4.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.