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• Todd Steven Brooks, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa († 1981)
• Curtis Allen McClintic, Storm Lake, Iowa († 2015)
• Alexander, Koenraad Deelen, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Jacoba van Ginkel († 1969)
• Bertie de Munnik († 1961)
• Alexander Koenraad Deelen, Gouda († 1983)
• Engel Pieter Meijer († 1963)
• Catharina Maria Zoetelief, Everstekoog, Texel († 2015)
• Engel Pieter Meijer († 1963)

• August Pemen (63), Rijsbergen
• Anna Gerardina Antonia Boeren (81), Den Haag
• Anke Heringa (80)
• *Maria III Vos (Opoe Mieke Treffers-Vos) (84), Genderen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Verhoeven (85), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Akke Louws Wildschut (69), Oudega
• Anna de Vries (63)
• Alida Elisabeth Krommenhoek (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• ARIE STORM (64), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
• Alida Krommenhoek (85), Rotterdam

• 1956 » Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 » Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
• 1957 » Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director
• 1957 » Porl Thompson, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 » Tim Shaw, American swimmer
• 1958 » Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
• 1958 » Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
• 1958 » Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist († 2013)
• 1959 » Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
• 1959 » Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager († 2013)

• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)
• 1968 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)
• 1970 » Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. Johan
13. John
14. David
15. Michael
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• March 1 » Samuel Alphonsus Stritch is appointed Pro-Prefect of the Propagation of Faith and thus becomes the first U.S. member of the Roman Curia.
• April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
• May 24 » United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
• August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
• December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.

The temperature on November 8, 1958 was between 7.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.