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• Janny van de Riet
• Jantje Roos, Delzijl († 1999)
• Yvonne SLOMP, Sittard († 2009)
• Johanna Adeleida Maria (Joyce) Spikmans, Eindhoven († 2017)
• Bob de Graaf, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Henk Boerland († 1968)
• Pamla Carol Aukes, Blue Earth, Blue Earth County, Minnesota († 2018)
• Johan Herman (Johan) van Eeden, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1990)
• Michael Anthony Gaddis, Louisville, KY († 2004)
• Johannes Arnoldus van de Pol, Voorthuizen († 1980)

• Artemisia Cox (82), Delta, Millard, Utah, United States
• Albertina Haak (88), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bauke Santema (79), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Petrus Willemse (54)
• Bauke Santema (79), Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aartje van Houwelingen (89)
• Albertus Johannes Brinkerink (79), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonie Luijendijk (77), de Lier
• Amália Back (78), Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Adriana Maria Visser (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Steve Porcaro, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1957 » Tony Alva, American skateboarder and bass player
• 1958 » Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician († 2014)
• 1958 » Olivier Grouillard, French race car driver
• 1959 » Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1959 » Guy Laliberté, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded Cirque du Soleil
• 1960 » Eric Dickerson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
• 1960 » Rex Hudler, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager

• 1948 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)
• 1962 » William Wilkerson, American publisher and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)
• 1965 » Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b. 1917)
• 1969 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)

• 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 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
• February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• 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.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.

The temperature on September 2, 1959 was between 9.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.