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• Marc Lannoo, Brugge († 1985)
• Rosa Maria Schliekelmann, Amsterdam († 1957)
• Charlotte Sue Fischer († 2016)
• Eddy de Jong, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Ralph Herder, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)
• J.J.M. Graper, Rotterdam († 1974)
• N.N van Engelen, Haaren, Nederland († 1957)
• Willem Jager, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1995)
• Sandra Leigh Germo, BETHESDA, MARYLAND († 1997)
• Ralph Herder, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2010)

• Adriana van Kuijk (85), Snelrewaard
• Alexander J. CODY (70), San Francisco County California U.S.A
• Anna Cornelia Termorshuizen (90), Delft
• Albert Willem Wouters (40), Sint-Truiden, België
• Adriana Cornelia van der Lans (73), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Poolman (83), Rotterdam
• Apolonia Catharina van Burgh (82), Zierikzee
• Adriana Antonia Damen (70), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Govert Antonie van Mastbergen (74), Rotterdam
• Anna C. Niemantsverdriet (75), Maurice, Sioux, Iowa, United States

• 1955 » Alan Sokal, American physicist and author
• 1955 » Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
• 1955 » Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
• 1956 » Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia
• 1957 » Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician
• 1957 » Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1958 » Frank Ullrich, German biathlete
• 1958 » Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1958 » Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler
• 1959 » Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor

• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)

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.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.

The temperature on January 24, 1957 was between -1.8 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.