About the day » Monday September 7, 1959Calender converter

• Jerry Mervin Ebanks († 2013)
• Alain Hellebuyck, onbekend († 1997)
• Bastiaan Tjeerd van der Leer, 's-Gravenhage(ZH) († 1970)
• Levenloos Groenendaal, Gemonde, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joseph Alphonse Firmin (Jos) Brugmans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2011)
• Marian VENNIK († 2011)
• Hendrik Schoemaker, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Theodorus Johannes Tessel, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2007)
• Sandra Henrietta Eising, Simcoe (Ont. Canada)
• Brenda Hodge Berry († 2000)

• Arnoldus Lammerts Ernst (81)
• Anne Bouma (83), Hardegarijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Reiniera Kleter (36), Hampton, Ontario, Canada
• Arjen Nicolaas VAN BALEN (92), Breda Noord-Brabant Netherlands
• Anna Paulina Kelder (15), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van de Wetering (74), Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland
• ALBINO Klocker (67), Itararé, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Margaretha van der Westhuizen (76)
• Adrianus Johannes Vredebregt (70), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barndt Henry Mattson (79)

• 1956 » Byron Stevenson, Welsh footballer († 2007)
• 1956 » Diane Warren, American songwriter
• 1956 » Michael Feinstein, American singer and pianist
• 1957 » Jermaine Stewart, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 1997)
• 1960 » Brad Houser, American bass player
• 1961 » Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
• 1961 » LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist and songwriter († 2008)
• 1962 » George South, American wrestler
• 1962 » Hasan Vezir, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1962 » Jennifer Egan, American novelist and short story writer

• 1951 » John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912)
• 1954 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
• 1956 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (b. 1872)
• 1959 » Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897)
• 1962 » Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Walter A. Brown, American businessman (b. 1905)

• 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 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
• March 30 » Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
• April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
• June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

The temperature on September 7, 1959 was between 9.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.