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• Levenloos Draaisma, Lollum, Nederland († 1957)
• Jan Willem de Bruyne († 2019)
• Gerrit Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2019)
• Johannes Petrus Niesen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Anna Aleida Slotboom († 2001)
• Julie Ellen Peters, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2023)
• Cor Ekkebus († 2016)
• Sandra Lynn Steinhoff, Onawa, Monona, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Margaretha aan 't Goor, Kortrijk, België († 1960)
• Gerrit Hoek, Katwijk († 2019)

• Berend Driessen (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Stolk (81), Vlaardiingen Z.H
• Adriana Pieternella de Ruiter (72), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bernardina Elisabeth Spiekerman (54), Haarlem
• Adiel Joseph Vandemoortel (74), Eaton, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Brainard Doornbos (70), Tacoma (Washington, USA)
• Amerik van Dijk (84), Katwijk
• Catharina Peternella Maria van WISSEN (68), Alkmaar
• Aad Droppert (25), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Antonius Lambertus Heurkens (71), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1954 » Andrea Barrett, American novelist and short story writer
• 1955 » Héctor Cúper, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 » Jun Kunimura, Japanese actor
• 1955 » Pierre Larouche, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Terry Labonte, American race car driver and businessman
• 1957 » Jacques Gamblin, French actor
• 1958 » Boris Krivokapić, Serbian author and academic
• 1958 » Marg Helgenberger, American actress
• 1959 » Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician († 2014)
• 1959 » Glenda Bailey, English journalist

• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1972 » Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)

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.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on November 16, 1957 was between 4.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.