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• Arletta Waterloo, Amsterdam († 2005)
• NN van Culemborg, Ophemert
• Lynn Arnold SCHULTZ, Emery, Hanson, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Gepke Lolkes Tjassing, Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Aad Treffers († 2008)
• Eugene Lawrence Heyer († 1996)
• Ross Nelson Wilcox († 2009)
• Gepke Lolkes Tjassing, Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Marianne Astrid Claus, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Gepke Tjassing († 1998)

• Berendina Eenink (68), Wisch
• Afie Meijer (86), Blijham
• Alida Jacoba Antonia Emans (64), Koudekerke
• Adriana Poppe (74), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Antje Mooi (86), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Zandvliet (80), Loosduinen
• Bastiaan Burger (71), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Cornelis Verbraak (52)
• Abraham Alexander Klapwijk (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Keijzer (87), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer; Irish republican politician († 1981)
• 1954 » Carlos Ghosn, Brazilian-Lebanese-French business executive
• 1955 » Józef Pinior, Polish academic and politician
• 1955 » Teo Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 1956 » David Willetts, English academic and politician
• 1956 » Mark Dantonio, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Shashi Tharoor, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1958 » Paul MacLean, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Lonny Price, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Takaaki Kajita, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1974 » Harry Womack, American singer (b. 1945)
• 1983 » Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)

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 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on March 9, 1957 was between 8.9 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.