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• Catharina Veenstra, Groningen, Nederland († 2003)
• (Stillborn) VAN WIJK († 1957)
• Timothy Lee Vaught, Glendale, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Petra Meijers († 2016)
• Henkie Brinkhuis († 1966)
• Karl Hermann Sames, Lich, Hessen, Germany († 1977)
• Pjotr Albertus Bleszynski, Soerabaja, Indonesië († 1996)
• Arendje Hennie (Adri) Krikken, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Agnes Koenjer († 1973)
• Deborah Ann Coolbaugh, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1957)

• Anna Meins (84), Oudeschans gem. Bellingwolde
• Arie Kreling (81), Ridderkerk
• Anna Meins (84), Oudeschans, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina LUCASSEN (92), Oosterbeek, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auguste-Octave VAN COPPENOLLE (78), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Hendrikus (Janus) Alias: Pater Optato van Oorschot (69), Divinopolis (Brazilie)
• Antoinetta Van Gurp (90), Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Anna Oddens (73), Ermelo (Gd)
• Aafje Speksnijder (67), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Brok (86), Drunen

• 1955 » Ellen Dolan, American actress
• 1956 » John Chavis, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Marin Alsop, American violinist and conductor
• 1956 » Meg Rosoff, American-English author
• 1956 » Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright († 1992)
• 1957 » Priidu Beier, Estonian poet and educator
• 1958 » Roy McDonough, English footballer and manager
• 1958 » Tim Robbins, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Brian Harper, American baseball player
• 1959 » Kevin Brennan, Welsh journalist and politician

• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
• 1957 » John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1959 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
• 1962 » Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)

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.
• April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.

The temperature on October 16, 1957 was between 5.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.