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• Willem de Vries, Apeldoorn († 1989)
• William Carl Blasky, Fort Frances (Ontario, Canada) († 2010)
• Brian William Hurley, Kingston, Ulster Co., New York, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Gerrit Breukelman, Hardenberg († 2021)
• Deborah C Podson, USA († 2018)
• Bartel Jacob van Burg, Eck en Wiel († 1967)
• Marjos van Steenveldt, Nijmegen († 2007)
• Franciscus Gerardus Rijntjes, Utrecht († 2023)
• Desiré Mouchart, Bunde,6241,Meerssen,Limburg,Nederland
• Paul Eugene Boneschans, Usa († 1959)

• Christina Braak (63), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Theodorus de Graaff (80), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia VERHOEF (79), Amsterdam
• Christianus Jacobus van Hout (80), Helmond, Noord-Brabant
• Earl T Dykes **** (68)
• Bernard Félix Joseph Marie de Bon (71), Saint-Lizier du Planté
• Albertus Johannes Grúnfeld (68), Utrecht
• Aaltje van Vemden (84), Olst
• Catharina Sara Louisa Vielvoije (73), Rotterdam
• Arie de Jongh (81), Ameide

• 1957 » Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
• 1957 » Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1958 » Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
• 1958 » Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
• 1958 » Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician
• 1959 » The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler († 2014)
• 1960 » Peter Sterling, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Can Dündar, Turkish journalist and author
• 1961 » Robbie Kerr, Australian cricketer
• 1961 » Steve Larmer, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1952 » Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
• 1955 » Ozias Leduc, Canadian painter (b. 1864)
• 1958 » Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Pál Maléter, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (b. 1917)
• 1959 » George Reeves, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1961 » Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (b. 1904)
• 1967 » Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (b. 1888)

• 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 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
• February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.

The temperature on June 16, 1959 was between 5.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.