About the day » Friday March 6, 1959Calender converter

• gertrudis elisabeth johanna (truus) mestrom, helden-egchel
• John van Gils, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Machteld Marina van Veldhoven, Curaçao († 1962)
• T(Tonnie) Krone, Geesteren (Tubbergen) († 2015)
• NN Gomes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Larry John Bolianatz, UNKNOWN († 1985)
• Roelof Cornelis de Best, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Mike IJsselmuiden, Willemstad (Curaçao, Ned.Antillen) († 2007)
• Doodgeboren kind van den Hout, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Fijke de Vreugd, Katwijk († 2006)

• Antoon Hanssen (0), Heerlen
• Adrianus Petrus van de Ven (83), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Aafje de Hart (56), Enkhuizen
• * Timen Koerts (57), 's Gravenhage
• Antoon Adriaan BORST (73), Rotterdam
• Anthonius Everardus MAAT (87), 's-Gravenhage
• Aarnout van Winkelen (67), Serooskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Omlo (91), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anton J. Unterreiner (90), Missouri, United States
• Antonia Gezina Hofmeijer (64), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland

• 1954 » Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager
• 1954 » Jeff Greenwald, American author, photographer, and monologist
• 1955 » Alberta Watson, Canadian actress († 2015)
• 1955 » Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician, 5th President of Burundi († 1994)
• 1956 » Peter Roebuck, English cricketer, journalist, and sportcaster († 2011)
• 1956 » Steve Vizard, Australian television host, actor, and producer
• 1960 » Sleepy Floyd, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Alison Nicholas, British golfer
• 1963 » D. L. Hughley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 » Linda Pearson, Scottish sport shooter

• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Paul of Greece (b. 1901)
• 1965 » Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1967 » John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)
• 1967 » Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)

• 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 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• 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 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.

The temperature on March 6, 1959 was between 6.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.