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Born on Friday April 17, 1959
Died on Friday April 17, 1959

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 17, 1959 at Delpher


Born on April 17

Died on April 17

Names that were popular for boys in 1959
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Peter
  5. Willem
  6. Hendrik
  7. Robert
  8. Gerrit
  9. Pieter
  10. Petrus
  11. Ronald
  12. Paul
  13. Dirk
  14. David
  15. John
  16. Adrianus
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. Anita

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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
  • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
Weather April 17, 1959

The temperature on April 17, 1959 was between 8.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.

Source: KNMI