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Died on Tuesday September 8, 1959
- Arnoldus Latta (76), Andelst
- Albertje POEDE (51), Emmen Drenthe Netherlands
- Clara Shaner (78), Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- Clementina De Troyer (50), Pamel
- Adelia Marie-Exilda Deveau (72)
- Cornelia Maria KORVER (45), Amsterdam,Nederland
- Arnoldus LATTA (76), Valburg en Homoet, Overbetuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelis Verdonk (75), 's-Heerenhoek
- Agatha Geertruida Cornelisse (54), Leiden
- Agnes Maria van der Ploeg (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 8, 1959 at Delpher
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- Friese koerier : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Friesland en aangrenzende gebieden
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Nieuw Guinea koerier : de groene : onafhankelijk dagblad voor Ned. Nieuw Guinea
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Nieuw Suriname : Surinaams nieuws- en advertentieblad
- De waarheid
- Gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling
- De Telegraaf
Born on September 8
- 1956 » David Carr, American journalist and author († 2015)
- 1956 » Mick Brown, American drummer
- 1957 » Walt Easley, American football player († 2013)
- 1958 » Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1958 » Bart Batten, American wrestler
- 1958 » Brad Batten, American wrestler († 2014)
- 1960 » Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
- 1960 » Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1960 » David Steele, English bass player and songwriter
- 1961 » Timothy Well, American wrestler († 2017)
Died on September 8
- 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
- 1949 » Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
- 1954 » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1963 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1904)
- 1965 » Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1965 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1969 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
- 1969 » Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
- 1970 » Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
- 1974 » Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
Names that were popular for boys in 1959
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Peter
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Adrianus
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Pieter
- John
- Jacobus
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1959
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Marie
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Hendrika
- Ann
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Yvonne
- Helena
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1959
- 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.
- April 9 » Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".
- May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
- July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
- December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
The weather on Tuesday September 8, 1959
The temperature on September 8, 1959 was between 10.5 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI