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• Helen Marion Bouwens, Torrance, California, Verenigde Staten
• Jacob Goeree, Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1991)
• Dirceu Gomes de Oliveira, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil († 1959)
• Johny Vangeel, Terwagne, België († 1961)
• André van Wijlick, Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1980)
• Gerdy Coghe, Roeselare († 2012)
• Teresa May CORMACK, Bletchingley, Surrey († 2018)
• Wilhelmus van Gulik, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1960)
• Jos (Jozefus Bernardus Maria Holtslag, Doetinchem († 1998)
• Jacoba Anna Kuijs, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)

• Anna Kuil (79), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bartelt Kanon (72), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Welt (77), Breda
• Alexandrina Gordon (74), Ermelo
• Antje Bais (88), Wieringen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Van Hool (74), Lier, België
• Albert Theodor "Theodor" Pfitzner (76), Galga, South Australia
• Anna Kuil (79), Vriescheloo
• Anna Bolette Sønvisen (66)
• Antonetta Maurits (78), Sassenheim

• 1957 » Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
• 1958 » Annette Bening, American actress
• 1958 » Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist († 2011)
• 1958 » Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1958 » Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach
• 1959 » Mel Gaynor, English drummer
• 1959 » Rupert Everett, English actor and novelist
• 1959 » Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
• 1960 » Mike Freer, English politician
• 1960 » Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist and academic

• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Arnold Susi, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1896)
• 1970 » John Gunther, American journalist and author (b. 1901)

• 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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• 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.
• March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on May 29, 1959 was between 5.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.