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• Leendert Arie Blok, Scheveningen († 2009)
• Ricardo Matthias Planjer, Amsterdam († 1990)
• Johannes Cornelis Heijting, Beilen (Beilervaart) († 2021)
• Elisabeth Ludmilla Maria von Lobkowicz, Bad Aussee, Liezen, Steiermark, Österreich († 1980)
• Jeanette Dilliane van Sligtenhorst († 2002)
• Mary Davis, Manhattan, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Élisabeth de Lobkowitz († 1980)
• Robert J Pruis, Morrison Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Ingrid Helena Adriana Kling († 2020)
• Princess Elisabeth of Lobkowicz († 1980)

• Anna Maria Clara VAN SYTZAMA (95), Oldebroek Gelderland Netherlands
• Alida BAAS (90), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aafke Hiemstra (78), Hilversum
• Anna Maria Clara van Sytzama (95), Oldebroek (Gd)
• Anna Maria Clara Feijoena van Sytzama (96), Schouwenburg
• Aaltje van der Meer (89), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verschueren (29), Sint-Niklaas, België
• Anna Maria Clara Feyoena van Sytzama (95), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Blitz (76), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Clara Feyoena barones van Sytzama (95), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1956 » Boris Miljković, Serbian director and producer
• 1956 » Kalle Kulbok, Estonian politician
• 1956 » Miguel Bosé, Spanish musician and actor
• 1958 » Adam Gussow, American scholar, musician, and memoirist
• 1958 » Alec Baldwin, American actor, comedian, producer and television host
• 1958 » Francesca Woodman, Jewish-American photographer († 1981)
• 1959 » David Hyde Pierce, American actor and activist
• 1960 » Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1961 » Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
• 1961 » Tim Crews, American baseball player († 1993)

• 1946 » Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Kurt Weill, German-American composer and pianist (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (b. 1866)
• 1957 » Ned Sparks, Canadian-American actor (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Jaan Kärner, Estonian poet and author (b. 1891)
• 1962 » Manolis Kalomiris, Greek composer and educator (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)

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.
• February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• 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.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• 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.
• November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on April 3, 1959 was between 4.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.