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• Jozef Gerardus Keijdener, Itteren († 1963)
• Dorine Antonia Breuker († 2004)
• van der Burgt, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frank Claesens, Hoboken († 1992)
• JOHN LEE STAUB, Gettysburg A, Pennsylvania († 1975)
• Truus Drinkwater, Nijmegen Gelderland Nederland († 2023)
• Cheryl L Richmond, Binghamton, Broome, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Ronald Hijstek, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Frank Antoine Eugene Claesens, Hoboken,2660,Antwerpen,BE († 1992)
• Catharina Petronella Maria van der Linden, Noordwijkerhout († 2021)

• Aldophe Aimé Kessels (75), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Jacobus Johannes Dalmeijer (72), Amsterdam
• Cornelia de GROOT (67), of Oak Park, Cook, IL
• Andrew Buford Murphy (49), Floyd County, Georgia
• Cornelis van Zanten (79), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Verweij (75), Rotterdam
• Cornelus van Bloois (83), Scharendijke
• Antonius Martinus Mattheus Riga (86), Blaricum
• Bastiaan van der REE (67), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Engelbertus Flaton (85), Voorburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Bob Bennett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Fadi Abboud, Lebanese economist and politician
• 1955 » Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian politician and retired military officer, 38th President of Brazil
• 1956 » Dick Beardsley, American runner
• 1956 » Guy Chadwick, German-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Ingrid Kristiansen, Norwegian runner
• 1956 » Richard H. Kirk, English guitarist, keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1958 » Brad Hall, American comedian, director, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Gary Oldman, English actor, filmmaker, musician and author
• 1958 » Marlies Göhr, German sprinter

• 1939 » Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
• 1939 » Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1970 » Manolis Chiotis, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (b. 1920)
• 1975 » Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)

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.
• January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

The temperature on March 21, 1957 was between 4.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.