About the day » Thursday July 23, 1959Calender converter

• Bobby David Statzer, Dryden, Lee, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Erna Degreef, Sint-Truiden, België († 2022)
• Johanna Jacoba Wilhelmina Went, Noordwijkerhout († 2012)
• Christopher Lynn ULLRICH, Louisville,Kentucky,Amerca († 1980)
• Antonius (Tonny) de Cort, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Hilde * Verweij († 1975)
• Jantien Koster, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Jantien (Jannie) Koster, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• John A Schildroth, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2009)
• Elisabeth Martha Groeneveld, Nieuwkoop († 2014)

• Cornelia Groen (63), Rotterdam
• GERRIT SMITS (86), DE LIER
• Gijsbert Michel Hillen (6), Bergen aan Zee
• Cornelia Christina Maria Bakker (73), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Abcouwer (71), Amsterdam
• Edith Rachel ABRAHAMS (75), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Cornelia Pieternella Vorstheuvel Labrand (76), Eindhoven
• Frederika Hendrina Löwensteyn (91), 's Gravenhage, The Netherlands
• Franciscus Johannes Jacobus Rolvink (70), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Daniel Antonie Heynsius (84), Rotterdam

• 1957 » Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Nikos Galis, American basketball player
• 1957 » Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear.
• 1957 » Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1958 » Ken Green, American golfer
• 1958 » Tomy Winata, Indonesian businessman and philanthropist, founded the Artha Graha Peduli Foundation
• 1959 » Nancy Savoca, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Al Perez, American wrestler
• 1960 » Gary Ella, Australian rugby player
• 1960 » Susan Graham, American soprano and educator

• 1948 » D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician and diplomat, Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1951 » Philippe Pétain, French general and politician, 119th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856)
• 1951 » Robert J. Flaherty, American director and producer (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Herman Groman, American runner (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Bob Shiring, American football player and coach (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 » Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)

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. David
14. Dirk
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. Jacoba

• 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 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• 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".
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
• 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.

The temperature on July 23, 1959 was between 11.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.