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• Lummigje Johanna Lensen, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)
• Peter Jacob VAN OMMEREN, Kerk Avezaath († 2016)
• Ans van Dongen, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 2013)
• Marion Leijten, Rijen NB NL († 2017)
• Ria COONJERS, Margraten († 2004)
• Johannes leonardus ZIJLSTRA, Sc haesberg († 1958)
• Cornelia J.M. Broks, Gilze en Rijen († 1962)
• Jan Abraham Vader, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2012)
• Hennie de Haan, Een West († 2006)
• Miguel Rebello Anversi, Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2017)

• Barend ROEST (88), Rheden (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Bernardus Petrus Koot (82), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amelia Raeman (98), Sint-Laureins
• Alfred William Helmlinger (77)
• Bastiaan de Zeeuw (86), Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland)
• Catharina Veken (47), Tilburg
• Alida Petronella Sweers (57), noordwijk
• Bernardus Petrus van Koot (82), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sombogaart (80), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van den Oever (70), Den Haag

• 1954 » Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
• 1955 » Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
• 1955 » Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
• 1956 » Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host
• 1956 » Brian Robertson, Scottish rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Outback Jack, Australian-American wrestler
• 1961 » Di Farmer, Queensland Member of Parliament
• 1961 » Jim Harris, Canadian environmentalist and politician
• 1961 » Michel Martelly, Haitian singer and politician, 56th President of Haiti

• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)

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.
• March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
• May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
• August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
• December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.

The temperature on February 12, 1958 was between 5.7 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.