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• André Stolwijk († 2011)
• Johnny Killian, Uitenhage, South Africa († 1999)
• Anita Vorstenbosch, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2002)
• Deborah Cunningham, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Hans van Hulst († 2003)
• Nathan Oliver Graham, Horry County,South Carolina († 1972)
• Ludovica Maria Eduarda Bonnemayers, Maastricht, Nederland († 1979)

• Asa Vaughan Wilburn (88), South Boston, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Carola Anna Louisa Maria Cantineau, Breda
• Aaltje Berends Gerrits (81), Groningen
• Catharina Elisabeth Kruft (77), Utrecht
• Alle Klazes Veenstra (78), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Celestina Cornelia Maria van Dun (89), Udenhout
• Aalze van der Veer (66), Surhuisterveen (Achtkarspelen Fr)
• Adrianus Petrus Govers (54), Meerle, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Bernard Joseph McCaughey (56), Co. Derry, N. Ireland
• Arnoldus Sluijter (81), Amsterdam

• 1956 » Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
• 1958 » Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
• 1959 » Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales
• 1959 » Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player († 1985)
• 1960 » Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
• 1960 » Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress
• 1961 » Alain Lemieux, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 » Lorella Cedroni, Italian philosopher and theorist († 2013)

• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)

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 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
• December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

The temperature on May 24, 1959 was between 7.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.