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• Cornelia (Cora) Oudshoorn, Hazerswoude Rijndijk († 2003)
• Eric Jozef Irène Delsard († 1959)
• Wilhelmina Frederika Maria (Mia) Post, Eemnes († 2012)
• Casper de Jong († 2012)
• Ilse Jeurissen, Genk, België († 2016)
• NN van Mierle, Arnhem
• Theodorus Johannes Kaandorp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Maria A.F. van der Veeken, Gilze en Rijen († 1962)
• Willem Bouwhuis († 1996)
• Teddy J Deelstra, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah († 2021)

• Clara Maria Magdalena Povel (71), Leiden
• Arthur Bryant McCarty (57), Oscar, Jefferson, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Kloppers (61), Brummen
• Cornelis Geijtenbeek (76), Bussum
• Coendertje Edelenbos(ch) (81)
• Aaltje Niehof (79), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aguinaldo Schmal (59), Cruz Machado, Paraná, Brasil
• Caston Robert Miller (51), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus (Bertus) Seele (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Sieben (84), Lutten a d Dedemsvaart

• 1956 » Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist († 1995)
• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)
• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Cindy Hyde-Smith, American politician, United States Senator from Mississippi, Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress
• 1960 » Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and activist
• 1960 » Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Nevada, Secretary of State of Nevada
• 1960 » Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

• 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 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on May 10, 1959 was between 14.5 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.3 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.