About the day » Monday December 16, 1957Calender converter

• Margreet van de Veer († 1978)
• Samuel Rebello, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2020)
• Alex Robert Vermaas, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna van Vliet, Vlaardingerambacht
• Frederika Alida Maria (Ricky) Lücken, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Jan Boertien, Hoogeveen nederland († 1999)
• Henriette A. L. Baillien, Horpmaal, België († 2017)
• Engelina Groen, Spijkenisse († 2006)
• Willem de Greef, Woudenberg, Gldl, Nthr († 1990)
• Angèle Verdonck, Leopoldsburg, 3970, Limburg, België († 2020)

• Apollonia Maria Constantia Catharina van der Kun (80), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Annetje Heijnen (64), Leiden
• A.C(Antonia) Steggink (67), Ootmarsum
• Alphonse Auguste van Damme (75), Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje BLEEKER (73), Bussum
• Adriana de Kleijn (84), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Michielsen (70), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Albertje Vos (74), Hoogeveen
• Abraham HEMERIK (55), Leiden
• Albertje Jonge Vos (74), Hoogeveen

• 1955 » Carol Browner, American lawyer and environmentalist, 8th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• 1955 » Chiharu Matsuyama, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
• 1955 » Xander Berkeley, American actor and producer
• 1956 » Lizzy Mercier Descloux, French musician, singer-songwriter, composer, actress, writer and painter († 2004)
• 1957 » Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2009)
• 1958 » Bart Oates, American football player and lawyer
• 1959 » Alexander Lebedev, Russian businessman and politician
• 1959 » H. D. Kumaraswamy, Indian social worker and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1959 » Steve Mattsson, American author and illustrator

• 1945 » Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
• 1945 » Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1952 » Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)
• 1965 » W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)
• 1968 » Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)
• 1968 » Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)
• 1969 » Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (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.
• January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

The temperature on December 16, 1957 was between -10.1 °C and -3.2 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.