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• Cornelis Leendert den Hamer, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1976)
• Hendrikkien Groeneveld, Assen († 2005)
• Laurens Johan Bos, Huizen († 2005)
• Alain Daniel LE GUEN, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 2022)
• Hendrik Derk Eelsing († 2019)
• Luc Linskens, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1996)
• Dennis R Curtis, Galesburg KnoxCounty Illinois(usa) († 2013)
• Kees Paardekam, Bergen Zoom († 2005)
• Ria Schuurmans († 2008)
• Cornelis Leendert den Hamer, Terneuzen († 1976)

• Ambrose Joseph Finnegan Sr. (73)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Kalt (66)
• Alida Francina Vos (84), Amsterdam
• Albert Teunis Ras (60)
• Adrianus Johannes van Gulik (62)
• Benjamin Franklin Montgomery (72), East Luther, Ontario, Canada
• Albertus Steenge (86), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Wolters (68), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Barbara Geertruida Dorothea Kraanen (68)
• ALBERT VERHULST (75), TIELRODE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• 1956 » Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
• 1956 » Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1956 » Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
• 1957 » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
• 1957 » Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player († 2016)
• 1957 » Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
• 1957 » Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
• 1958 » Jesse Robredo, Filipino politician, 23rd Filipino Secretary of the Interior († 2012)
• 1958 » Neil Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician
• 1958 » Nick Anstee, English accountant and politician, 682nd Lord Mayor of London

• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)
• 1967 » Ernst Niekisch, German academic and politician (b. 1889)
• 1967 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (b. 1926)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Paul
13. Dirk
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. Jacoba
15. Ingrid
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 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on May 27, 1957 was between 3.5 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.