About the day » Friday May 1, 1959Calender converter

• Aaltje Romkes († 2018)
• Lewis Eldred Ogden [[KszFgmcWhthseTXBu]]3, Kilgore, Gregg County, Texas († 1991)
• Geertje Roelevink, Lemmer († 2013)
• Zeno Clemens Marie Deurvorst, Doetinchem († 1998)
• Jan Voncken, Beek (L) († 2016)
• Zeno Clemens Marie Deurvorst, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Jacobje KAPTIJN, Urk
• Johannes Martinus Schellekens, Soerendonk († 1980)
• Janneman van Veen, Oldemarkt († 1960)
• Alie Romkes († 2018)

• Arie van Meijeren (76), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Charles Trone (78), fortasse, somewhere in PA
• Albertus Renier BEX (43), Alken (B)
• Berend Jacobs van der Woude (79), groningen
• Armand, Julien Ryckaert (27), Marseille (Frankrijk)
• Berend van der Woude (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Angelina Wibier (53), Zwolle, Nederland
• Cornelis de Koning (71), Uithoorn,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Mullenders (71), Maastricht
• Catharina Mullenders (71), Maastricht

• 1956 » Catherine Frot, French actress
• 1957 » Rick Darling, Australian cricketer
• 1957 » Uberto Pasolini, Italian banker, director, and producer
• 1959 » Lawrence Seeff, South African cricketer and basket weaver
• 1959 » Yasmina Reza, French actress and playwright
• 1960 » Steve Cauthen, American jockey and sportscaster
• 1961 » Clint Malarchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Marilyn Milian, American judge
• 1961 » Sultan Günal-Gezer, Dutch politician
• 1961 » Vasiliy Sidorenko, Russian hammer thrower

• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
• 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)

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.
• 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.
• February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on May 1, 1959 was between 4.7 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.