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• Anna Maria Arling, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Thomas McCaughey († 1959)
• Doodgeboren Kind Derks, Boxmeer († 1959)
• Fransiscus Helena Gerardus Kokol, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Jolanda Zonneveld, Heerhugowaard († 2003)
• Evert Andries van Omme, Kootwijkerbroek († 1993)
• Rinse Hermans Swaagman, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2014)
• Hans Vierveijzer, Amsterdam
• NN (tweeling) de Roo, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Keith Alexander Marnoch, Lethbridge, Canada († 2011)

• Berend Meiling (65), Ermelo
• Adriana Cornelia (Sjaan) van Beijmerwerdt (72), Rijswijk
• Berend Hendrik Veltrop (78), Slagharen
• Arnoldus Bleecke (67), Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Mulders (73), Bergen
• Berend Hendrik Veltrop (78), Slagharen, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Apollonia van Wijnen (70), Rotterdam
• Akke Ates Faber (87)
• Anna HORMANN (56)
• Alouisius Johannes Joseph van Blokland (61), Haarlem

• 1956 » Annise Parker, American politician
• 1956 » Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
• 1957 » Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player († 2012)
• 1958 » Paul Di'Anno, English rock singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Marcelo Loffreda, Argentine rugby player and coach
• 1960 » Lou DiBella, American boxing promoter, actor, and producer
• 1960 » Simon Fuller, English talent manager and producer, created the Idols series
• 1961 » Enya, Irish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1961 » Jamil Azzaoui, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 » Justin King, English businessman

• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
• 1977 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)

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.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.

The temperature on May 17, 1959 was between 9.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.