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• Barbara BLAKER ***, Eglin Air Force Base, Okaloosa, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Levenloos MILLECAM, Weesp († 1959)
• Brigitta Diana Christina (Brigitte) van Straaten, Den Haag, Nederland († 2022)
• Barry William Mouw, Osage, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Donald Richard de Saire, Soerabaja († 1984)
• x Ermens († 2000)
• Gerda Stil († 2000)
• Millecam
• NN Zandt, Overschild (Slochteren) († 1959)
• Cecile van der Meer

• Charles Beckler Jr (63), New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Elberse (69), Woerden
• Bauke Sybolts Bergsma (47), Leeuwarden
• Albertje Euverman (51), Brucht
• Bregje Draak (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Raaijmakers (88), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Abraham Reitsma (93), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Carolina Josephina Pauwels (81), Antwerpen
• Aaltje Sytzes Hoogeveen (88), Tietjerksteradeel
• Antonia Hendrica van Stijn (65), Schiedam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1957 » Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1958 » Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
• 1958 » Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
• 1958 » Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
• 1959 » Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 1959 » Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1960 » Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1960 » Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
• 1961 » Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
• 1974 » Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)
• 1974 » Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1977 » E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
• 1977 » Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)

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.
• January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
• February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
• June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
• July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

The temperature on September 4, 1959 was between 10.7 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.