About the day » Wednesday November 6, 1957Calender converter

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• Eugène Brans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2023)
• Alethea Faye Steenhoven, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2022)
• Aaldert Mintjes († 2019)
• Johannes Petrus Zethof, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2012)
• Everdina Kerkdijk, Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1957)
• NN te Velthuis, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Matt van den Boorn († 1996)
• Smit, Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Trieneke Pagters, Roswinkel, Emmen († 2024)

• Aaltje Timmer (75), Nunspeet
• Anne Johannes Nicolai (58), Twijzel
• Adrianus Dieten van (91), zeist
• Anton Frederik Willem Kreeuseler (60), 's Gravenhage
• Albertus Pothoven (93), Haarlem
• Antonio Egidio de Oliveira Carvalho (49), Brasil
• Bertha Euphemia Maria Lucia Jacoba van Suchtelen (69), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Kemper (68)
• Anne Nicolai (58), -
• Adrianus van Dieten (90), Zeist

• 1950 » Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician († 2000)
• 1950 » Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
• 1952 » Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
• 1953 » Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
• 1953 » Frank Hanisch, German footballer
• 1955 » Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
• 1955 » Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
• 1956 » Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1962 » Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
• 1963 » Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist († 1998)

• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 » Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1991 » Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 » Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 » L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)

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 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on November 6, 1957 was between 6.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.