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• Hannes Hermanus Wunderink, Brummen († 1981)
• Marina Hilde Carla Vreeswijk, Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 2022)
• Heather Bradley
• Huub Linders († 1999)
• André Waasdorp († 2002)
• Christiane Josette DRIES, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2015)
• Abraham Jacobus Johannes de Tombe, Den Haag († 1959)
• hubertus peter wilhelmus (huub) houben, helden-grashoek
• Sylvia (Silvia) Elisabeth Maria Valkeneer, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2017)
• Mans KLAASSENS († 1997)

• Beraldo Domingues de Faria, Socorro, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alle Sjuks Veenstra (82), Zwaagwesteinde
• Antonius Bosch (46), Delft
• Adriana Van Espelo (81), Wageningen (GL)
• Abraham Jacob van Praag (45), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Louisa Peter SENGERS (72), Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Tukkers- (70), Denekamp, Nederland
• Alle Veenstra (82), Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Oskam (80), Utrecht
• Abraham Jacobus Johannes de Tombe (0), Den Haag

• 1957 » Donald Tusk, Polish journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1959 » Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1959 » Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
• 1959 » Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
• 1959 » Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 » Lloyd Honeyghan, Jamaican-English boxer
• 1960 » Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1960 » Randall L. Stephenson, American businessman
• 1961 » Alo Mattiisen, Estonian composer († 1996)
• 1961 » Ann McKechin, Scottish lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)
• 1951 » Horace Donisthorpe, English myrmecologist and coleopterist (b. 1870)
• 1956 » Walt Faulkner, American race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1968 » Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (b. 1911)

• 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.
• March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• 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 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

The temperature on April 22, 1959 was between 1.9 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.