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• Suzanne Kruse, Hampton, Iowa († 2006)
• Elisabeth Bomhof, Elburg († 2010)
• Martine Erdina Henrica Coenen, Oeffelt († 1962)
• Zusje Bolleboom († 1959)
• Griffioen († 1959)
• Herman Roelfsema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Michaela Lang, Andau († 1993)
• Elisabeth Maria Bomhof, Elburg († 2010)
• N.N. Richter, Echt († 1959)
• Stanley Andres van Ekelenburg, Salt Lake City, UT (USA) († 1995)

• Antoon Oostendorp (80), Deventer
• Dirk de Jong (80), Ridderkerk
• Clasina Petronella Catharina van der Velde (57), Wateringen
• Cyriel Vanlerberghe (56), Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Bart jacobus Poortvliet (0), Amsterdam
• Anna Catolina Willemina Lipjes (65), Amsterdam
• Berendina Geertruida Hietbrink (68), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aaltje Hofmeijer (84), Dalfsen
• Dingeman van Gilst (67), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Amedé Joseph Marie Boodts (86), Temse

• 1957 » Georgi Parvanov, Bulgarian historian and politician, 4th President of Bulgaria
• 1957 » Jim Spanarkel, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 » Mike Skinner, American race car driver
• 1958 » Donna Edwards, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 » Félix Gray, Tunisian-French singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Clint Boon, English singer and keyboard player
• 1959 » John Shelley, British illustrator
• 1960 » John Elway, American football player and manager
• 1960 » Roland Melanson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
• 1965 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, bandleader, and composer (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (b. 1890)

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.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
• November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

The temperature on June 28, 1959 was between 13.6 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.