About the day » Tuesday January 1, 1957Calender converter

• Mark O’Brien, Manchester, Lancashire, England († 2008)
• Johanna Hendrika Verkleij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Karel Alphons Maria Postma, Paramaribo († 1972)
• Matthijs Gerard Van Oudheusden, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Wilhelmus Lambertus van den Broek, Berlicum († 1966)
• Willie van Kooten, unbekannt († 2008)
• Bernadette Mria Haver, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Rita, Irma ALGOET, Zwevegem,8550,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België († 1999)
• Tonny Kieftenbeld († 1960)
• Ronald Boog († 2009)

• Bernardine Helena (Lene) Diercken (75), Osterfeld (D)
• Anna Roth (65), Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa
• Antonius Adrianus Johannes Berger (43), Diemen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Lambertus Reinders (71), Nijmegen
• Adriana Louisa Charlotte van Weert (64), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Greveling (89), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldina VAN DEN MEULENHOF (78), Beek en Donk
• Afke Bruinsma (43), Groningen
• Arie Teunis Slomp (83), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angus Jacob Lake (84), Verenigde Statn

• 1954 » Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
• 1956 » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1957 » Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1958 » Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
• 1959 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 » Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
• 1959 » Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (b. 1894)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
• March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.

The temperature on January 1, 1957 was between -3.4 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.