About the day » Tuesday July 21, 1959Calender converter

• Wilhelmina Verhoeff, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Gerritje Jacoba de BORST, Kamerik († 1991)
• Diana Marte GUDNIK, Bellevue, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Arjen Henk van GRIETHUYSEN, Iringa († 1961)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1959)
• Cornelia Jacoba Clement, Leersum, Utrecht, Nederland († 1981)
• Johannes Groot, Hoorn († 1965)
• Marina Mathilda De Maeyer, Bornem († 2018)
• Reinard Bernardus Johannes Schoenaker, Nijmegen
• Martin Roy Caines, England

• Andrew Petrus Steinburg (59), Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Eleonora Maria Jacobina Mohren (75), Koningsbosch
• * Cornelia Gijsbertsen (57), Utrecht
• Antonius Franciscus Tanke (51), Hengelo
• Arthur Francois Tancred (64), Claremont
• Cornelis Suurland (84), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Josepha Cornelia Maria van Lieshout (20), Tilburg
• Egberdina Tijenk (85), Deventer, Deventer Municipality, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Arie in 't Veld (in ’t Veldt, In ’t Velt) (79), Lisse, Nederland
• Adeline Grams (79)

• 1957 » Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1957 » Stefan Löfven, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1958 » Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1959 » Gene Miles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Paul Vautin, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1959 » Reha Muhtar, Turkish journalist
• 1960 » Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1960 » Fritz Walter, German footballer
• 1960 » Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1961 » Morris Iemma, Australian politician, 40th Premier of New South Wales

• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)
• 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)

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.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
• September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

The temperature on July 21, 1959 was between 8.8 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.