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Born on Wednesday March 25, 1959
Died on Wednesday March 25, 1959

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 25, 1959 at Delpher


Born on March 25

Died on March 25
  • 1951 » Eddie Collins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
  • 1956 » Lou Moore, American race car driver (b. 1904)
  • 1956 » Robert Newton, English actor (b. 1905)
  • 1957 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
  • 1958 » Tom Brown, American trombonist (b. 1888)
  • 1964 » Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1885)
  • 1965 » Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (b. 1925)
  • 1969 » Billy Cotton, English singer, drummer, and bandleader (b. 1899)
  • 1969 » Max Eastman, American poet and activist (b. 1883)
  • 1973 » Jakob Sildnik, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1883)

Names that were popular for boys in 1959
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1959
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1959
  • 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 » 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 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
  • February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
  • March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
  • March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
  • 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.
Weather March 25, 1959

The temperature on March 25, 1959 was between 5.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI