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• Shirley Marijke Moeliker, vlissingen (zeeland) († 1960)
• Monique Lam († 1980)
• Willem Jan Klein, Delfzijl († 2021)
• Hugo Etienne Patricia Vanderstraeten, Gent († 2023)
• Margaret Alison MOL, Canada, East York Toronto
• Karla Jean Amundson, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Antonius Clemens Maria Ernst, Rotterdam
• Roxann Roarson, Onawa, Monona County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Arlen Floyd Schriever († 1959)
• Maria Cornelia Blokker, Haarlem, zkh († 2010)

• Bartha Johanna van Beijeren (82)
• Arie Evert van Duijvenvoorde (64), 's-Gravenhage
• Alida Maria Roelofs- (95), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anthonius van Rooij (70), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Arends (82), Groningen
• Cornelia DE BOER (72)
• Abraham Sigterman (77), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonie Cornelis Zwaan (60)
• Adrianus Wezenbeek (66), Kruisland
• Carolus Devriendt (82), Oostende

• 1955 » Tony Hadley, English footballer
• 1956 » Horacio Cartes, Paraguayan businessman and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1956 » James Lofton, American football player and coach
• 1957 » Carlo Thränhardt, German high jumper
• 1957 » Doug Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager
• 1958 » Bill Watterson, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist († 1996)
• 1959 » Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1960 » Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor and director
• 1962 » Sarina Hülsenbeck, German swimmer

• 1948 » Carole Landis, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1948 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (b. 1871)
• 1957 » Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1966 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Leo McCarey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1969 » Tom Mboya, Kenyan politician, 1st Kenyan Minister of Justice (b. 1930)
• 1969 » Walter Gropius, German architect, designed the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Werkbund Exhibition (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator (b. 1884)

• 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 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
• 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.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• 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.
• August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

The temperature on July 5, 1959 was between 15.2 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.