About the day » Tuesday August 11, 1959Calender converter

• Feike Hantje Thees de Vries, Stavoren, gem. Stavoren, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Johanna Maria (Marjan) Kaptein, Utrecht, UTR, Nederland († 2005)
• * Werkman, Ten Post, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Frederik Hendriks van Duuren, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1992)
• Bianca Adriana Hendrika de Leeuw, Rotterdam
• NN Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn {GE}
• Maria Johanna Suzanna van Genugten, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Fransiscus "Frans" Soelman *+, Musselkanaal († 2016)
• Johanna Maria Kaptein, Utrecht († 2005)
• Christian Meyer, Gent, 9000, België († 2009)

• Charles Henry Allen (65), Ballarat, Victoria
• Anna Maria Claassen (92), Rijkevoort, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Nela van Sweeden (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Kroon (73), Eindhoven
• ADRIANA DEN HARDER (67), MONSTER
• Arnoldus Guillelmus van Lamoen (74), Kimberly, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• * Werkman (0), Ten Post, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Davina (71), Oldenzaal
• Casparus Hendricus Woons (68), Amsterdam,N.H.,The Netherlands
• Anna, Maria van Tichelen (68), Wuustwezel

• 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)

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 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
• November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.

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.