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• Wendy Jean PELCHER, Manhasset, Nassau, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Guido VAN Broeck († 1960)
• Nancy van Loon, Goirle († 1976)
• Helen de Gooijer, Zaandam († 2012)
• Jozef Verheyen, Merksplas († 1969)
• Liesbethje Driessen, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1960)
• Marc Peter Gooskens, Wassenaar († 2009)
• Maria Christine van den Berg, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Marc Peter Gooskens, Wassenaar († 2009)
• Hildegarde Saenen, Leuven, 3000 België († 2007)

• Albert Duval Hopkins (73), Neosho, Newton County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Dorothea den Boer (80), Dongen
• Albert Dijkstra (25), Losser
• Alice L. Dungan (52), Pulaski, Kentucky
• Berendina Jantina Lowies (51), Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Tomsha (83)
• Adriaantje de Lang (93), Zeist
• Adriana Johanna Maria Nooijens (28), Breda
• adriaantje LANG (93), zeist
• Adriane de Groot (76), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1956 » Sharon Bryant, American R&B singer
• 1957 » Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
• 1958 » Bobby Eaton, American wrestler and trainer
• 1958 » Philip Dunne, English farmer and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1959 » Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
• 1959 » Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
• 1960 » Fred Roberts, American basketball player and educator
• 1960 » Sarah Brightman, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 » Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler and manager († 1995)

• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1958 » Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1873)
• 1963 » Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 1965 » Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)

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.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
• September 15 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
• November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

The temperature on August 14, 1959 was between 13.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.