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• John Groen, Alkmaar († 2020)
• ELISABETH APOLONIA MARIA KOUWENHOVEN, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clark Steed († 1990)
• Ann - Helena - Emma - Clementina Denys, Menen
• James Arthur Decker
• Elizabeth Teuntje RIJERKERK, Zwijndrecht († 2017)
• N.N. Jespers, Baarle-Nassau († 1959)
• Jan Johan van Egmond, Leiden († 2013)
• Anita Catharina Gerarda Bremer, Arnhem
• Joseph Copeland, Ormskirk, Lancashire († 2003)

• Abraham Krul (70), Soestduinen, Soest,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Chessley George Bleeker (70), United States of America
• Kuil (59), Beverwijk
• Anna de Vries (83), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Martinus Bonnema (72), sneek
• Anna Wilhelmina Gremmen (68), Beneden Leeuwen
• Antje Jans Ligthart (90)
• Anje Maring (32), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan van Buuren (73), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland
• Anna Maria Vanduffel (88)

• 1955 » Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
• 1957 » Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1960 » Simon Heffer, English journalist and author
• 1961 » Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager
• 1961 » Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
• 1961 » Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1962 » Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier
• 1963 » Martín Torrijos, Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama

• 1947 » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (b.1905)
• 1949 » Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (b. 1940)

• 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.
• June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
• 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.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• 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 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

The temperature on July 18, 1959 was between 15.7 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 24.0 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.