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• Arie van Die, Zwijndrecht († 1996)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1958)
• Venechuk, Waseca, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• Hospes, Vancouver, Brits-Columbia, Canada († 1958)
• Hillechien Boelen, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Johannes Henricus Maria de Vet, Gilze en Rijen
• Nn Valk, Hardenberg († 1958)
• Chris Adriaan Meijer, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Marijke SPRONCK, Heerlen
• Hillechien Boelen, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 2002)

• Arthur Wesley Littleton (77), Cornwall
• Christian Jacobus Terhoven (67), South Africa
• Carolus Josephus Wetzels (71), Wittem
• Anna Fokkens (67), Chicago (Cook County) (Illinois)
• Bernardus Wessels (76), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van der Meet (60), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aukjen Theunis Herder (90), Bakkeveen, Gem. Opsterland
• Adriana van der Meet (60), Zierikzee
• Aaltje Rothuizen (86), Wageningen
• Bernardus Wessels (76), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1957 » Bill Cowher, American football player and coach
• 1957 » Gary Lunn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 6th Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
• 1957 » Rino Katase, Japanese actress
• 1958 » Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury
• 1958 » Lovie Smith, American football player and coach
• 1958 » Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Simone Kleinsma, Dutch actress and singer
• 1959 » David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
• 1959 » Ikue Sakakibara, Japanese actress and singer
• 1959 » Ronnie Lott, American football player and sportscaster

• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 » U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 » William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 » John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (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. 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.
• August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
• September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
• October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
• 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 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.

The temperature on May 8, 1958 was between 14.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.