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• Jo Ann Arizmndez, Richmond, Texas († 1959)
• Ricky Dykhuizen, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah († 2019)
• Ricky Dijkhuizen, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, V.S († 2019)
• Levenloos IJsselstein, Den Helder († 1959)
• joseph petrus jacobus (jos) janssen, heibloem (gemeente roggel)
• Hugo Remi Virginie SOLLIE, Duffel, Antwerpen, BELGIE († 1959)
• Maria Louisa Martha Manders, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1960)
• Hasje Eijkenboom († 2013)
• Ростіслав Миколайович Стуканов, Донецьк, УРСР, СРСР († 2019)
• Brian Norman Dawes, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia († 1992)

• Anne Peabody Downer (68)
• Arina van Duin (75), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Catharina van der Schouw (65), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Derk Nanninga (76), Bridgeport (Connecticut, USA)
• Dirk Johannsz Cederhout (82), Rijnsburg
• Christina Johanna Barby, Curaçao
• Adriaantje Huibregtsd Verschoor (64), Pernis, zh.nld
• Christine Nellie Jacques (70), Windsor, Essex County, Ontario, Canada
• Adriaantje Verschoor (64), Pernis
• Barbara Florentina Maria Vervisch (77), Assebroek (BE)

• 1956 » Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta († 2016)
• 1956 » Paul Cook, English drummer
• 1956 » Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian footballer
• 1958 » Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1959 » Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
• 1960 » Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher
• 1960 » Sudesh Berry, Indian actor
• 1961 » Óscar Elías Biscet, Cuban physician and activist, founded the Lawton Foundation
• 1962 » Carlos Alazraqui, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Iain Macleod, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 1972 » Geeta Dutt, Indian singer and actress (b. 1930)

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 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• 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.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
• 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 July 20, 1959 was between 11.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.