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• Berry de Vries
• Jacqueline Maria Melanie Honoré Aerts, Sint Jansteen,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Hendricus Johannes Anna Slootbeek, Amsterdam († 2015)
• José Edson Böing, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1958)
• Wiesje Ambrosius († 1958)
• elisabeth rath, Rotterdam († 1985)
• Paulo Cezar Limongi, Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brasil († 1959)
• Bea de Langen, Woerden († 2022)
• Hendrik Albert Stoffels, Steenwijk († 1987)
• Ria Siebum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)

• Alida Johanna Meilink Meilink (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Catherine "Kate" "Katie" Wierenga (62), Grand Rapids, Kent Co., MI
• August, Jozef WILLEMS (55), Dendermonde,9200,Oost-Vlaanderen,Ovl, België
• Arend Mannessen (93), Den Ham
• Alida Christina Johanna van den Berg (81), Leiden
• Arnoldus Henno (82), Neerrepen
• Arnold Hubert Tillij (74), Maastricht
• Alida Johanna Meilink (81), Rotterdam
• Catharina Wapstra (82), Utrecht
• Annechien Hindriks Scheepstra (68), Roden

• 1955 » David Learner, British actor
• 1956 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic († 1991)
• 1956 » Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
• 1957 » Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
• 1958 » Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
• 1960 » Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1961 » Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
• 1961 » Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter

• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (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.
• 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 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
• April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
• July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
• October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.

The temperature on August 23, 1958 was between 13.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.