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• N Swieters, Nieuw Schoonebeek († 1959)
• Theadore H Geertsma, Of Washington († 2007)
• Michel Francois Van Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2015)
• Francis Joseph Blokland, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States († 2015)
• Marion(MGJ) Schaafsma († 2001)
• Maria Helena (Ria) Swieters, Nieuw-Schoonebeek († 1973)
• Harrie Beumer, Rheden († 2005)
• Maria Geertruida Josephina SCHAAFSMA († 2001)
• Eric Alan Waterbury, Troy, Rensselaer, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Wilhelmus Joannes Jacobus Schimmel, Voorburg (Leidschendam-Voorburg) († 2017)

• Annigje Stam (86), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• * Adrianus Kivits (88), Vlijmen
• Aaltje van Duijn (69), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Nelson SHINER (97), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America
• Berend Haveman (75), Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carrie Selina Ewing (84), Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho, United States of America
• Adriana Johanna Oostveen (74), Oudewater
• Adriana Johanna Oostveen (74), Oudewater (UT, NLD)
• Ariaantje GRAAF, de (63), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Prijs (82), Elp, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1958 » Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter
• 1959 » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster
• 1960 » Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 » Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter

• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)

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 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
• June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• 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 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

The temperature on April 15, 1959 was between 6.4 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.