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• Timothy John Kunst, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Eppo Harm op de Dijk († 1959)
• Sherri Lin Ferree, Lancaster, Los Angeles Co. California († 1959)
• Viviane Nicole Cornélie DELAUTRE, Wormhout... Hauts de France († 1977)
• Rita Rogiers, Hamme
• Ebeltje Norder, Onstwedde
• Marijke Magdalena François Berth, Eeklo († 2004)
• Harry Zee, Den Helder († 2008)
• Pieter Hendrik Westerink, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Johanna Nanda Valstar, Broek in Waterland († 1959)

• Cornelis van Twisk (94), Alkmaar
• Arie Leonardus Staphorst, Haarlem
• Arnolda Maria van Loon (77), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baukje Post (72), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Baukje Bakker (86)
• Aaltje de Boer (75), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Meendering (73), Hull, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alois Van Looveren (78), Achterbroek
• Dirk Harms Kiers (79), ,, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Clara Juliet Hicks (81), Waco, McLennan, Texas

• 1955 » John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1956 » Anna Soubry, British politician
• 1956 » Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1957 » Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
• 1957 » Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
• 1958 » Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1958 » Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
• 1959 » Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
• 1960 » Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter

• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
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.
• January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
• April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
• July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
• August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
• August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

The temperature on December 7, 1958 was between -3.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.