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• Cornelis Fransiscus "Frans" Soelman *+, Musselkanaal († 2016)
• Harm Beuker, Odoornerveen, Odoorn († 2025)
• Maria Agatha Selbach, Den Helder († 2012)
• Maria Johanna suzanna van Genugten, St. Oedenrode
• Laura Lee Furman, North Bay, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada († 2011)
• Johanna Maria Kaptein, Utrecht († 2005)
• Maria Johanna Suzanna van Genugten, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Frederik Hendriks van Duuren, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1992)
• Bianca Adriana Hendrika de Leeuw, Rotterdam
• * Werkman, Ten Post, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)

• Berendina Cornelia Oskam (70), Ede
• Albert Napel, ten (71), Vollenhove
• Albert Marinus Johannes Kruissink (78), Arnhem
• ADRIANA DEN HARDER (67), MONSTER
• Albert Klaasen ten Napel (71), Ambt Vollenhove
• Charles Henry Allen (65), Ballarat, Victoria
• Adrianus de Kroon (73), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Petronella Verheijen, Venray, Li.NL
• Christianus Wilhelmus Marinus Willems (58), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Antje van Spronsen (52), Delft

• 1957 » Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1958 » Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
• 1959 » Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1959 » László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 1959 » Richard Scudamore, English businessman
• 1959 » Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author († 2005)
• 1959 » Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
• 1961 » Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 » David Brooks, American journalist and author

• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 » Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1977 » Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)

• 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 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• 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.
• 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 August 11, 1959 was between 15.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 9.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.