About the day » Tuesday September 29, 1959Calender converter

• wilhelmus a.m. (wim) nijssen, roermond († 2012)
• Paul Nicolaas Jong, Haarlem († 1959)
• Max Garagoski, Arnhem († 1983)
• Ronald Bertoen, Uithoorn († 2000)
• Agnes Martha Reggers, Maastricht
• Gregorius Theodorus de Kruiff, Eindhoven († 2015)
• Paul Nicolaas Jong († 1959)
• Christian Feuillet († 2009)
• Martin Dietz, Rotterdam († 1980)
• Maria Christina Johanna Birekoven, Alkmaar († 2013)

• Ariana van der Star (69), Rotterdam
• Concetta Suzy Miri CUCINOTTA (70), Lake Hopatcong,Morris,New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Petronella BRUIJN (72), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Letteboer (57), Vriezenveen
• Aafje Cornelia Groen (54), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Martinus van Gils (57), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Bosch (68), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Zuidema (82)
• Adrianus van den Brink (78), Utrecht
• Adrianus van Gog (71), Bussum

• 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)

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 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
• February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
• 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.
• November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

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.