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• N.N. Bouma, Heerenveen
• Johanna Wimpje van Zuylen, Den Haag
• "Shirley" Margaret Elizabeth Stroink, Joliet, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Susan Jean Hatch, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Louise Cornelia Maria Verleg, Wateringen († 2011)
• Franciscus Hubertus Maria Satijn, Brunssum († 1957)
• John A. Lynn [Wk], Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois († 2010)
• Willy Hendrika de Leeuw († 1957)
• Willem Hendrik Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Bunschoten, Nederland († 2011)
• Franciscus Hubertus Maria SATIJN, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 1957)

• Adolph Leonard VanderJagt (84), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Clyde Wilson Carroll (47), Lauderdale, Alabama
• Ate Zwart (62), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Bertha Gielen (71), Kortenbos, België
• Cornelia Maria van Rooij (74), Roosendaal
• Anna Berendina Steneker (60), Amsterdam
• Anne Wagenaar (56), Gieten,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Antje van de Stroe (81), Maarn
• Antonius Johannes Hoogsteder (70)
• Albert Henry Brand Cobb (89), Payette, Idaho, United States

• 1955 » Avram Grant, Israeli football manager
• 1955 » Bruno Stolorz, French rugby player and coach
• 1955 » Michael Pollan, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1956 » Jerry Marotta, American drummer
• 1957 » Andres Lipstok, Estonian economist and politician, Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs
• 1957 » Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
• 1957 » Robert Townsend, American actor and director
• 1957 » Simon Phillips, English drummer and producer
• 1958 » Cecily Adams, American actress and casting director († 2004)
• 1960 » Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist

• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
• 1967 » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
• 1972 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)

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 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

The temperature on February 6, 1957 was between 4.8 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.