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• Pieter Jacob Meijvogel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Robertus Antonius Maria Bloem, nijmegen († 2008)
• Elisabeth Caroline Willemse, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1961)
• Pieter Jacob Meijvogel, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Nn Bongaarts, Hengelo (Bronckhorst) († 1959)
• Johannes Paulus (Han) Pieters, Den Haag (ZH-NLD) († 1959)
• Georges Marcel Noorlander, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Deborah Jo Kutsner, El Paso, Texas († 2011)
• Corrie BRAND, 's-Gravenhage († 2012)
• Henk Scholte, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2025)

• Anna Margaretha Hölzel (75), Utrecht
• Abraham Sjardijn ( Serdijn ) (57), Amsterdam,Netherlands
• Arie van den Berg (88), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Waldeck (64), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Meijer (71), Zeist
• Berend Slijkhuis (71), Hall
• Anne Berends Iedema (76)
• Antonia Clementine von Fürstenberg (88), Werden, Germany
• Bernice Belle Blodgett (80), Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York, United States
• Catharina Nobbe (77), Onstwedde

• 1956 » Peter Fincham, English screenwriter and producer
• 1957 » Nana Visitor, American actress
• 1957 » Norman Baker, Scottish politician
• 1958 » Angela Hewitt, Canadian-English pianist
• 1958 » Monti Davis, American basketball player († 2013)
• 1959 » Kevin Spacey, American actor and director
• 1959 » Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
• 1961 » Andy Connell, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1961 » Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor († 2013)
• 1961 » Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter

• 1942 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1951 » James Mitchell, Australian politician, 13th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Eva Perón, Argentinian politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
• 1953 » Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)
• 1960 » Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Cemal Tollu, Turkish lieutenant and painter (b. 1899)
• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)

• 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 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

The temperature on July 26, 1959 was between 12.8 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.