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• Ronald van Solingen, honselersdijk († 1991)
• NN Draaijer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• N.N. van Loon, Tilburg († 1957)
• Maria Alkemade, Noordwijk († 2010)
• Robert Antonius Joannes Pietersen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Gerrit Burggraaf († 1993)
• Gerrie van den Brink, Ermelo († 2020)
• Kristiaan Hendrikus Kroezen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)
• Karen Anne Stanley († 1976)
• Jacob Ruitenbeek, Harderwijk († 1957)

• 'Nathalie' Eugénie Camille Louise Henriette de MENTEN de HORNE (85), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique
• Berendina Sewüster (46), Zuidwolde, Nederland
• Aart van Egteren (79)
• Adriana Maas (92), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Marinissen (86), Sint Laurens
• Bernardus Johannes Sanderink (80), Geesteren
• Antonius Johannes Willems van Dijk (85), Overloon, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Buchana Brake (74), Only, Hickman, Tennessee, United States
• Anna Schmitz (61), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Marinissen (86), Sint Laurens

• 1954 » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 1954 » Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
• 1954 » Terry Kinney, American actor and director
• 1956 » Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1957 » Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
• 1957 » Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 » Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1959 » Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Gia Carangi, American supermodel († 1986)
• 1960 » Greg Louganis, American diver and author

• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)

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

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. Jacoba
15. Ingrid
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 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• September 24 » President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

The temperature on January 29, 1957 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.