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• Inge SPRONG, Leiden († 2021)
• Boudewijn Carl Hubert van den Camp († 2003)
• Michael Keith Caldwell, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Koen de Ligt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Cornelius Antonius Ludovicus Maria van Dongen, Gilze en Rijen
• Phillip Matthew Wells, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio († 1998)
• Charles Ray Houzenga, Morrison, Illinois (Usa) († 1981)
• Benjamin Johannes Paulus van den Heuvel, Scheveningen, Nederland († 2007)
• Ida Platje, Amsterdam († 2024)
• Frans Sellies, Zwartsluis († 1994)

• Alexander Dawson (60), Aberdeen Northern District, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• Aagtje van Groenenbergh (97), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltjen Nikkels (67), Gorssel
• Arie Kuijt (84), Katwijk
• Augusta Heckert (71), St Joseph, Berrien, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje van Apeldoorn (63), Zwolle
• Abel Kornelis Willemsen (88), Loppersum
• Adrianus Jansen (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Vianen (58), Roermond
• Arie Bouwensz Kuijt (84), Katwijk

• 1958 » Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist
• 1958 » Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach
• 1958 » Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
• 1958 » Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist († 2009)
• 1958 » Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer
• 1959 » Paul Chung, Hong Kong actor and host († 1989)
• 1960 » Asteris Koutoulas, Romanian-German record producer, manager, and author
• 1960 » Hiromi Taniguchi, Japanese long-distance runner
• 1960 » Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1960 » Larry McCray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1954 » Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1954 » Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)
• 1956 » William Titt, British gymnast (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (b. 1877)
• 1958 » Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)
• 1962 » Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)
• 1964 » James Chapin, American ornithologist (b. 1889)

• 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.
• February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.

The temperature on April 5, 1959 was between 3.8 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.