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• Harold Allen Nichols, of, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• N.N. van der Boom, Tilburg († 1957)
• Johanna van Dorland, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1974)
• Christer Andersson, Ramsele fs (Y) († 1989)
• Stillborn Leijten, Willemstad, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1957)
• Marcellus N. van TILBURG († 2022)
• NN Hans, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Theresia Johanna Maria Waegemaekers, Breda († 2008)
• Ids de Jonge, Meppel († 2005)
• N.n. Hans, Rotterdam († 1957)

• Benjamin Franklin Austin (97), Washington, District Of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonetta Pollemans (74), Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Suijkerbuijk (82), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augusta Helena Smaglinski (57), Monterey, Ottawa, Canada
• Albertje Groot (74), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Mares (61), Maastricht, Nederland
• Alice Marie DELEVIEMONT (82), Neufvilles, Henegouwen, België
• Leijten (0), Willemstad (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Antonetta Pollemans (75), Oude-Tonge, Zhl.NL
• Aaltje de Jong (30), LEEUWARDEN, Friesland, Nederland

• 1952 » Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
• 1953 » Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Peter Moon, Australian comedian and actor
• 1955 » Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Paul Deighton, Baron Deighton, English banker and politician
• 1960 » Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright
• 1961 » Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Jeff Yagher, American actor and sculptor
• 1961 » Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 » Peter Beardsley, English footballer and manager

• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1954 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor (b. 1879)
• 1955 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1956 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Estonia (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Makbule Atadan, Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Hugh Gaitskell, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1906)
• 1966 » Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Goose Tatum, American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Dirk
13. Paul
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. Ingrid
15. Jacoba
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.
• January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
• January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
• December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on January 18, 1957 was between -6.4 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.