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• Johannes Roos, Den Haag († 2018)
• Marie-Ludwina - Germaine - Gabrielle DE BRUYCKER, Zottegem, 9620, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• Nicolaas Hendrik van Tilburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Cornelia Varkevisser, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Klaas de Jong, Urk († 2002)
• Álvaro de Arróspide, Bilbao, Espagne († 2012)
• Martje Maria Poort, siddeburen († 2021)
• levenloos geboren dochtertje († 1959)
• Klaas de Jong († 2002)
• Harry Lubbers, Borne,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)

• Alidaan Kuiper (77), Putten
• Aline Poly (90), Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Aaltje van Bruggen (71), Sittard
• Adriaan In 'T Veld (63), Rotterdam
• Antje(Anna) Bakker (82), Warmenhuizen,Gemeente Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna L. Naeher (80)
• Anje Koning (83), Groningen
• Antje BAKKER (82), Warmenhuizen
• Antoon F M van den Berg (35), Bergharen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Elisabeth Swanevelt (67), Laren

• 1958 » Denis O'Brien, Irish businessman, founded BT Ireland
• 1958 » Keith Shine, British academic and educator
• 1958 » Steve Antin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Stevie B, American singer-songwriter and record producer
• 1958 » Vytautas Šapranauskas, Lithuanian actor († 2013)
• 1959 » Donald Markwell, Australian sociologist and academic
• 1959 » Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, English activist
• 1959 » Teofisto Guingona III, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1960 » Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
• 1960 » Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress and producer

• 1937 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (b. 1856)
• 1941 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist and academic (b. 1899)

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.
• January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on April 19, 1959 was between 1.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.