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• E.L.M. Stumpers, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Elvera Lona May King († 1957)
• Berlinda Van de moortel, Bornem († 2006)
• Dieneke Dolstra, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Herman Jansen († 2015)
• Paul Visser († 1999)
• Christine Margaretha Maria Antonia CLAUSMAN, Utrecht
• Johanna van der GRAAF, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Erwin Vincent ELZEVIER, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Ko Tuitman, Hoogvliet

• Aaltje Dikkerboom (66), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie de Vries (71), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Leendert Donker (48), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (2) Aaltje Ooteman (85), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Bouwe Kuipers (58), Harlingen
• Apolonia Maria Christina Hein (77)
• Antonie Hoefnagels (83), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonia Berkenbosch (51)
• "André" Charles Olivier François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson (80), Paris
• Antonius Johannes Bakker (2), Haarlem

• 1955 » Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1955 » Earl Campbell, American football player
• 1956 » Patty Donahue, American singer († 1996)
• 1957 » Christopher Lambert, American-born French actor
• 1957 » Elizabeth Hand, American author
• 1958 » Marc Silvestri, American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
• 1958 » Nouriel Roubini, Turkish-American economist and academic
• 1958 » Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
• 1958 » Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
• 1958 » Victor Salva, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)

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 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
• October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

The temperature on March 29, 1957 was between 3.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.