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• David Vernon McNEASE († 1978)
• Hubertus Antonius Petrus de Vet, Dongen († 1969)
• Jeffrey Ronald Moody, Des Moines, Polk County, IA (USA) († 2010)
• Anne Braad († 2023)
• naamloos van den Eeckhaut, Sint Niklaas († 1959)
• Eric Dugauquier, La Hestre († 2008)
• Jeffrey Ronald Moody, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 2010)
• Marc De Kegel, Asse
• Jeff MOODY, Russell, Iowa († 2010)
• Martien Weerts, Wilbertoord, Nbr.NL († 2017)

• Agnieta Winia (55), Drachten
• Aaltje Hazelaar (80), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Louisa Rosalia Ingelbrecht (78), Bekegem,8480,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Barend Hendriks (82), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abigaël Adriana Brand (82), Rotterdam
• Adolf Timmer (84), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida Bebseler (70), Bornerbroek, 7627, Nederland
• Alberdina Abrahamse (71), Serooskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Alida Catharina Wermeester (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Quik (78), Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1958 » Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1958 » Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1959 » Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 » Elizabeth Peña, American actress († 2014)
• 1959 » Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
• 1959 » Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler († 2014)
• 1959 » Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
• 1959 » Karen Pierce, English diplomat
• 1959 » Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
• 1973 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1974 » Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)

• 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.
• July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
• August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
• August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
• September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
• October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
• October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.

The temperature on September 23, 1959 was between 6.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.