About the day » Wednesday April 1, 1959Calender converter

• Pieter van der Leij, Brakel
• David Jan Duitscher, Valthe († 2010)
• Leijten († 2016)
• Kandall Wade Vos († 1980)
• Ronalda Maria Fransiscus Mettrop
• Johannes Hendericus Geert Hendrik Mensen, Borger († 1960)
• Henricus Cornelis Martinus Gerardus de Vet, Gilze en Rijen
• Yvette Dolstra, Welkom, Orange Free State, R.S.A. († 1997)
• Garry Steenhuis, Australie († 2006)
• Nicolien den Broeder, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Alphonse Joseph LIDY (82), Mulhouse (68200, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Antonia DE SMEDT (77), Kobbegem,1730,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aagje Spruit (80), Linschoten (Utrecht)
• * Adriana van Bokhoven (66)
• Anna Maria Snijder (75), Den Haag
• Antoinette Martha Westrich (39)
• Alta Nevada Williams (75), Ohio
• Alexander Jeremiah MCCARTHY (94), St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota
• Beautrice "Betty" Garrett (67), Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
• Abraham Berends Forsten (88), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 1957 » David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Denise Nickerson, American actress († 2019)
• 1958 » D. Boon, American singer and musician († 1985)
• 1959 » Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1961 » Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Sergio Scariolo, Italian professional basketball head coach
• 1961 » Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
• 1962 » Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1962 » Mark Shulman, American author
• 1962 » Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager

• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)

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.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• 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.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

The temperature on April 1, 1959 was between 2.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.