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• Hendrik Willem Bredenhoff, Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde) († 1988)
• NN de Jong, Groningen
• maria leonarda van gemert, helden-beringe
• Petronella Carolina Johanna Sorée, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1986)
• José Antonio Knoth, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1957)
• Hans van den Berg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Diana Francisca Carola Geerts, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2018)
• Adrianus van der Ben, Gouda
• Hans van den Berg, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1995)
• Johannes Theodorus Traa, Hooglanderveen († 1961)

• Christina Hokke (69), Leiden
• Aleida Johanna Borkes (81), Wisch, Gelderland (NL.)
• Broer Gelmer Winters * (23)
• Benjamin Peevler (77)
• Dina Elisabeth Nijland (74), Amsterdam
• "Otton" Gillion Charles Jean Ghislain de Trazegnies d'Ittre (88), Corroy-le-Château, Gembloux, Belgique
• Antonius Jacobus Wilhelmus (Anton) van der Drift (58), Arnhem, 1163, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk van der Leeden (64)
• Adrianus de Bruin (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Christina Wilhelmina van de Pavert (83), Utrecht

• 1954 » Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1956 » José Manuel Barroso, Portuguese academic and politician, 115th Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1957 » Amanda Plummer, American actress
• 1957 » Lucio Gutiérrez, Ecuadorian politician, 52nd President of Ecuador
• 1957 » Robbie James, Welsh footballer and manager († 1998)
• 1958 » Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Etienne De Wilde, Belgian cyclist
• 1958 » Hugh Grant, Scottish business executive
• 1959 » Catherine Keener, American actress

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Paul
13. Dirk
14. Johan
15. Wilhelmus
16. Michael

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Elisabeth
4. Anna
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Yvonne
10. Margaretha
11. Hendrika
12. Petronella
13. Marianne
14. Jacoba
15. Ingrid
16. Linda

• 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.

The temperature on March 23, 1957 was between 6.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.