About the day » Monday May 11, 1959Calender converter

• James Anthony Bremmers († 2007)
• Marijke Wybo, Hain St Pierre († 2006)
• André Gulicher, Helden († 1997)
• Maximiliaan Adrièn Eugène Franke, Haarlem († 2020)
• Marten Sipco Holtrop, Leeuwarden († 2001)
• Robert Paul van Uden, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Jeffrey Allen Broek, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2017)
• Marijke Wybo, Haine St Paul (Hainaut) († 2006)
• Alie Smit († 1997)
• Anni Cornelia Bakker, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2006)

• Antonia Johanna Gerritdina Basseman (64), Hengelo
• Anna Elisabeth Hompes (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Antje Chardon (76), Zoetermeer, Nederland
• Antonie van Beek (73), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Marcellis (88), Arnhem
• Anne Adriaan Elzinga (71)
• Amelia Maes (91), Temse
• Albert Helmut Zeidler (62)
• Anna Sofia Lanser (78), Assen
• Anna Maria Vanhauten (65), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1950 » Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1950 » Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor († 2014)
• 1951 » Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player
• 1964 » Bobby Witt, American baseball player
• 1964 » Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager

• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)

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.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.

The temperature on May 11, 1959 was between 13.0 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.