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• Diederik Willaert, Dworp
• Teunis Buitenhuis († 1961)
• Catharina Alberdina de Joode, Hillegom († 2019)
• Janet Lou Keim ****, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Nicolette Stefanie Maria te Marvelde, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Altruida Alberdina Buit, Rouveen, gemeente Staphorst († 1959)
• Willie Sengers, Bergharen († 1965)
• Edith Marianne van den Ouden, Sommelsdijk († 1980)
• Kathy Jo Schubert, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2008)
• Daniel Richard Diebels († 2010)

• Albert Jan Scherpenzeel (65), Apeldoorn
• * Hendrik Bats (77), Leerdam
• Alida Knape (74), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Roks (50), Sint Willebrord
• Aart van Benthem (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon Peters (74), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Voorberg (61), 's Gravenzande
• Abraham van Straalen (84)
• Ans van Straalen (53), 's-Gravenzande
• adrianus cornelis van der WAAL (74), poortugaal

• 1955 » Nic Dakin, English educator and politician
• 1956 » K. Rajagopal, Malaysian football manager
• 1956 » Tom McClintock, American lawyer and politician
• 1957 » Derry Grehan, Canadian rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Béla Fleck, American banjo player and songwriter
• 1958 » Fiona Shaw, Irish actress and director
• 1959 » Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
• 1959 » Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer († 2006)
• 1961 » Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and film actor
• 1961 » Marc Riley, English guitarist (The Fall), radio DJ

• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)
• 1970 » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Laurent Dauthuille, French boxer (b. 1924)
• 1972 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)

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.
• February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
• May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
• 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 July 10, 1959 was between 17.7 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.