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• Clasina C.H. Hollenberg, Castricum († 1959)
• Christine Maria SPRONK, Ouder Amstel († 2019)
• Philippe SCHIETTECATTE, La Hestre,7170,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2013)
• Marijke Theodora Anna Beuving, Tegelen († 2019)
• Petrus Johannes Laan († 1979)
• Brenda Marie Oberhausen, Detroit Wayn, Michigan († 1990)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Maria van Weert, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Agnes Maria Josephina Antonia Baggen, Geleen († 2014)
• Clasina C.H. HOLLENBERG, Castrcum († 1959)
• Geertruida Maria van den Berg, Den Helder († 1962)

• Antonia Henrica Maria Smolders (66), Ammerzoden
• Antonius Johannes Nicolaas Christianus Korner (50), Den Helder
• Arend Seine (86), Nieuwleusen,Gemeente Dalfsen,Overijssel,Nederland
• Aaltje SOER (63), Zwolle
• Aart Bender (71), Heukelum, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Hans" Heinrich Georg von Wallwitz (73), Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brésil
• Anna van Steen (66)
• Anna van Steen (66), Assendelft NH NL
• Berry Lenard Morris (73), Portsmouth, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Henrica Maria Smolders (66), Ammerzoden, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1956 » Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
• 1957 » Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 1957 » Thelma Walker, British politician
• 1958 » Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect
• 1960 » Buster Douglas, American boxer and actor
• 1960 » Sandy Powell, English costume designer
• 1961 » Brigitte van der Burg, Tanzanian-Dutch geographer and politician
• 1961 » Pascal Olmeta, French footballer
• 1961 » Thurl Bailey, American basketball player and actor

• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1968 » Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)

• 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.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
• 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.
• October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
• November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.

The temperature on April 7, 1959 was between 2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.