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• Marc De Schrijver, Aalst († 1977)
• Geert de Vries († 1995)
• Robbie Weij, Middelmeer,1775,Hollands Kroon,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Arjan Braamse († 1969)
• Maria Anne Hendrika PASKER, Hoogland († 1958)
• Henriëtte ten Berge († 1986)
• Giene Bakema, Zuidbroek,, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• Joost Andrik
• Duane Elwood Wilson, Seattle, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Willem Cornelis Veerhoek, Renesse, Zeeland, Nederland

• Abner McFerson van Orden (71), Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Cecilia Kagie (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Roos, de (70), Termunten
• Albertus Zwanenburg (72), Driehuis, Nederland
• Albertha Coenrada KNOOP (82), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Johannes Touw (67), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus Zwanenburg (72), Velsen, Driehuis-Westerveld, NH, Nederland
• Antje Keijzer (80), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Ponstein (59), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ada Quintine Maria van der Borch van Verwolde (74), 's Gravenhage

• 1956 » Dale Murphy, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1956 » Lesley Manville, English actress
• 1956 » Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier
• 1956 » Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager († 2019)
• 1956 » Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper († 2010)
• 1956 » Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
• 1957 » Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player
• 1957 » Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1957 » Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
• 1958 » Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist

• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)

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 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

The temperature on March 12, 1957 was between 4.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.