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• Wilhelmina Cornelia Maria Stet, Heiloo, Nederland († 2001)
• Joseph de Lobkowitz, Munich (München), 09184, Allemagne († 1975)
• Alfred Joseph Cox, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Maria Aloys Joseph Longinus Melchior Prins van Lobkowicz († 1975)
• Lolkje Akkerman († 1999)
• Levenloos Geerdink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Timothy Jones, London, Ontario, Canada († 1994)
• N.N. Geerts, Baarle-Nassau († 1959)
• Erik Vincent Vos, Assen, Nederland († 1984)
• Vivian Vliem († 1966)

• Adriana Cornelia Maria Bantzinger (74), Zwolle
• Anthonie Meijer (75), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Gregorius Kroon (76), Amsterdam
• Ambrosio Garcia Sanchez (20), San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• "Roger" Marie Marc Malcor (78), Le Mans, Sarthe, France
• Adriaan de Jong (35), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Weduwer (78), Rotterdam
• Bastiaan Adrianus Molenaar (65), Dordrecht
• Adriaan de Jong (35), Steenbergen
• Amalia Lastdrager (68), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
• 1957 » Paul M. Sharp, British academic and educator
• 1957 » Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress
• 1958 » Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer
• 1958 » Wilfred Benítez, American boxer
• 1959 » Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster
• 1959 » Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
• 1959 » Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 1960 » Evan Jenkins, American academic and politician
• 1960 » Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer

• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1962 » Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1968 » Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)

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.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• June 9 » The USSGeorge Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.
• June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
• July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
• 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 September 12, 1959 was between 11.1 °C and 28.2 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.