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• Marian Vermeij, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Henricus Lambertus Maria Somers, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Robert Allen Harris († 2022)
• Alexander Elisabeth Leonardus Cals, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1958)
• Maria Christina Jozef Van Zaelen, Bornem († 2020)
• Marian Vermeij, Woerden († 2012)
• Philippe Simon Therese Edouard Caluwe, Usumbura, Burundi († 1957)
• Cornelia Ammerlaan († 1970)
• Steven John Cowan, Johannesburg, South Africa († 1983)
• Woltherus Douma, Pretoria (Z.A.) († 1957)

• Albertus Jacobs (77), Geleen (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Augustinus SAUVILLERS (42), Geel,2440,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aartje Mechelina van Ommeren (76), Dodewaard
• Catharina Netten (83), Waalwijk
• Cornelia Catharina Karreman (72), Leiden
• Agneta Carolina Johanna Renssen (65), Utrecht
• Arend Blomberg (77), Veendam,Gemeente Veendam,Groningen,Nederland
• Claude Clarence Dailey (73), Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Gerarda Loerakker (89), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Joseph ( Tonnie) METTEN (3), Geldrop

• 1955 » James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
• 1956 » Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1957 » Laura Innes, American actress and director
• 1957 » R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2015)
• 1958 » Angela Bassett, American actress
• 1958 » Diane Dodds, Northern Irish educator and politician
• 1958 » José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
• 1958 » Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
• 1958 » Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
• 1959 » Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager

• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)

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 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.

The temperature on August 16, 1957 was between 12.7 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.