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• Gerhard, Roelof Knoeff, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1960)
• NN Hoekenga, Middenmeer († 1959)
• Elisabeth Barbara Mary (Ellen) van 't Schip, Fort St. John, Canada († 2019)
• Ronald Jay Schoneveld, Arlington, Riverside, California († 1988)
• Marijke van der Water († 1975)
• Levenloos Mantel, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Annette Larsen, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Cees Saat, Elst († 1974)
• Daniel VERDONCK, Massenhoven († 1999)
• Sylvia van der Schrier, Heerlen, VroedVrouwenschool († 2017)

• Charles CLINCKEMAILLIE (51), Haubourdin,59320,Nord,Hauts-de-France,France
• Cornelia Slot (52), Broek op L'dijk
• Elisabeth Jannetje Bekooij (76), Leiden
• Bernardus Petrus Josephus van Schijndel (77), Valkenswaard
• Adriaan van Vuuren (86), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelia de Graaff (67), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Anna Maria Pletsers (81), Maastricht
• Brugt Bergsma (69)
• Alexander B Kaiser (64), Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Ben MAIDEN (84), Bowling Green,MO

• 1957 » Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1958 » Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
• 1958 » Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer († 2009)
• 1958 » Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
• 1959 » Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1961 » Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
• 1961 » Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
• 1961 » Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 » Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter

• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)

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 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• 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 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.

The temperature on August 15, 1959 was between 9.0 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.