About the day » Tuesday December 31, 1957Calender converter

• Myron George Engelhardt, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2023)
• Grietje Hoekstra, Urk († 2024)
• Jochem Bruinewoud, Heerenveen († 1958)
• Gerard Robertus de Vries
• Jan Kolkman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1997)
• Glen Allan Petri, Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Josef Maria Gabriël Scholten, Amsterdam († 1957)
• N.N. Driesen, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Ronald van Belkom, Canberra, Australie († 2023)
• Steven Duijst, Bunschoten († 2013)

• Berendina "Bertha" "Dillie" LEFFERDINK (83)
• Alberta Johanna Hes (70), Hilversum
• Christiaan SCHEVEN (74), Emmerschans, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Marinus Lokman (80), Deventer, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Betje de Man (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alois Alfons Debruyne (65), Rosendael, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice Blanche Dodd (80), Davidson Co, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Adrien Prosper Marie LECLERC (58), , Paris, 75012, France
• Anna Maria van den Broek (61), Tilburg
• Antonio Álvares Corrêa (152), São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brasil

• 1956 » Helma Knorscheidt, German shot putter
• 1956 » Robert Goodwill, English farmer and politician
• 1956 » Steve Rude, American author and illustrator
• 1958 » Bebe Neuwirth, American actress and dancer
• 1958 » Geoff Marsh, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1959 » Baron Waqa, Nauruan composer and politician, 14th President of Nauru
• 1959 » Liveris Andritsos, Greek basketball player
• 1959 » Paul Westerberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Phill Kline, American lawyer and politician, Kansas Attorney General
• 1959 » Val Kilmer, American actor

• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

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 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on December 31, 1957 was between 2.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.