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• Harm Laanstra, Harkema-Opeinde († 2016)
• JaNae van Tussenbroek († 2021)
• Rita Godelieve Roger Cornelia Vanheste, Veurne,Maria Troost
• Joseph Johannes Maria Beenen-, Hengelo, Nederland († 1957)
• Magaretha van Winkel († 1957)
• Johannes Pieter Gerhard Alting, Groningen († 2018)
• Joseph Johannes Maria Beenen, Hengelo († 1957)
• Everett Ray Brown († 2019)
• Ferdinant Leonard Sterrenberg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2016)
• Pol Jozef Roger Vandesteene, Wevelgem († 2020)

• Arie de Ruiter (Vermaat) (60), Enschede
• Baukje Gossens Smit (93)
• Anna Laura White (76), Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana, United States
• Aleida Gerritdina TROMP (91), Enschede Overijssel Netherlands
• Christina Maria van Norden (71), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Geertsema (79), Weiwerd (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Adriana Maria Josepha BOGAERS (82), Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Linden (84), 's-Gravenhage
• Arie Marinusen de Ruiter (60), Enschede
• Andries van der Zwaag (40), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1956 » Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania
• 1956 » Slick, American wrestler and manager
• 1956 » Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » James Cama, American martial artist and educator († 2014)
• 1957 » Mike Buchanan, British men's rights advocate
• 1957 » Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Bob Greene, American physiologist and author
• 1958 » Michel Ferté, French race car driver
• 1958 » Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger
• 1958 » Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist

• 1942 » Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)

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.
• February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

The temperature on December 8, 1957 was between 7.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.