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• Nantko Adriaan van Vlijmen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Ron Spijker († 1998)
• Margje Jacomijna Plandsoen, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Jacobus Lubertus Douwes Kingma († 2010)
• Sjanie Vos, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Johanna Engelina Maria Koijen, Chaam († 1961)
• Douglas Alan Gunnink († 1968)
• Liliane Antoinette van der Wees, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Marion Jolanda van der Plas, Noordwijk († 2000)
• Edwin Cornelis Daniels, Jember, Indonesië († 1976)

• Adeliza Beatrix Drummond (79)
• Angèle Marie VANDER EECKEN (77), Maubeuge, Nord, Frankrijk
• Annigje Kuperus (87), Oosterwolde
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Bemelmans (73), Heerlen, Nederland
• Aafke Bruin (92), Ameland
• Alida Geertruida Deen (76), Bennebroek,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Visee (71), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adolf Meijerink (49)
• Agatha Feddema (72), Molenrij, Nederland
• Arie Wilhelmus Reijns (70), Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1958 » Gennadiy Valyukevich, Belarusian triple jumper († 2019)
• 1958 » Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
• 1959 » Alan Wilder, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1959 » Martin Brundle, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1960 » Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast († 2006)
• 1960 » Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1960 » Lucy McBath, American politician
• 1960 » Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1960 » Simon Gallup, English musician (The Cure)
• 1960 » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2012)

• 1952 » John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1960 » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Adolf Eichmann, a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (b. 1906)
• 1963 » Walter Lee, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers (b. 1898)
• 1966 » Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1873)
• 1968 » Helen Keller, American author and activist (b. 1880)

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. David
14. Dirk
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.
• February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

The temperature on June 1, 1959 was between 5.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.