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• Caroline Elisabeth Louise van den Berg, Stein († 2011)
• Sybilla Koenen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1985)
• Sonja Vansimpsen, Sint-Truiden, België († 1964)
• Veronica Petronella Out, Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• leonora hendrika maria (lon) oomen, helden-egchel
• Theodorus Alousius (Theo) Fortuin, Wolvega († 2013)
• Jan Schonewille, Noordscheschut, Hoogeveen († 2024)
• Machteld Wendelmoet van Burg († 1969)
• Piet Stolk
• Marina Frans Rosa Rita De Bleser, Bornem († 2019)

• Carolus Cornelius Van den Broeck (69), Gierle,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Louisa Wingelaar (76)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Kroone (Koone) (64), Velsen Noord-Holland Nederland
• Cornelis Aartsz Weda (87), Maasdam, zh.nld
• Cornelis Hubertus van Seeters (64), Rotterdam
• Anna Gerdina Luijten (64), Eindhoven
• Berendina Peddemors (72), Ommen, Nederland
• Dignus Willibrordus Kamoen (75), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Broer ROORDA (74), Leeuwarderadeel(Friesland)
• Berendina Peddemors (72), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1957 » Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Richard Powers, American novelist
• 1958 » Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
• 1958 » Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
• 1959 » Joe Ansolabehere, American animation screenwriter and producer
• 1960 » Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
• 1960 » Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
• 1961 » Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 1961 » Angela Johnson, American novelist and poet
• 1961 » Oz Fox, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1967 » Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)
• 1971 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1971 » Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)

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. Jacoba

• 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 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.

The temperature on June 18, 1959 was between 7.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.