About the day » Tuesday September 29, 1959Calender converter

• Gregorius Theodorus de Kruiff, Eindhoven († 2015)
• Tinie Schilder († 2025)
• Antoinette Egidia Maria de Laat, Haaren († 1959)
• Ronald Bertoen, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Paul Nicolaas Jong, Haarlem († 1959)
• Wendy Margaret Boissevain, Trenton (Ontario)
• wilhelmus a.m. (wim) nijssen, roermond († 2012)
• Paul Nicolaas Jong († 1959)
• Max Garagoski, Arnhem († 1983)
• Rebecca Ellen Young, Jacksonville, Onslow, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Abraham Bakker (86), Leeuwarden, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Willems Moezelaar (78), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Petronella Johanna Frederik (63), Breda
• Christiaan Everhardus Leonard Schoevaars (64), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard G Wortman (75), St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States
• Aaltjen Letteboer (57), Vriezenveen
• Antje Meulema (52), Peize
• Anna Maria Catharina Brinker (79), Emmen
• Adrianus van Gog (71), Bussum
• Antonius Maria POTTERS (77), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)

• 1957 » Chris Broad, English cricketer and referee
• 1957 » Sokratis Malamas, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Alan McGee, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Andy Slaughter, English politician
• 1960 » Carol Welsman, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1960 » David Sammartino, American wrestler and trainer
• 1960 » Hubert Neuper, Austrian ski jumper
• 1960 » John Paxson, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 » Julian Armour, American-Canadian cellist and educator
• 1960 » Kenneth Hansen, Swedish race car driver

• 1937 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)
• 1970 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1907)
• 1975 » Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)
• 1981 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1913)

• 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 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
• 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 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
• June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
• October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.

The temperature on September 29, 1959 was between 7.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.