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• Johanna Maria Woerden, van († 2009)
• Joke Dijkstra, Rucphen, Nederland († 2017)
• Johan Julien Richard Ruebens, Maldegem-Adegem († 2022)
• Elisabeth de Jong, Gorredijk († 2013)
• Luc FREDERICKX, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant († 2000)
• Sefsi Isidora Bodok, Curaçao († 1980)
• Paulus Jacobus Maria Versteeg, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Annie Reuvers
• Bart Agerbeek, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2021)
• Jurriaan Jaapsz Dekker, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Belkacem Oussala (80), Wanziki, caïdat d'Adas, Souss-Massa ⵙⵓⵙⵙ-ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ سوس-ماسة, Morocco
• Anna Christina Kooijman (83), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Johannes van Damme (77), Vogelwaarde
• Annetje Suzanna van der Hoek (73), Oostvoorne
• Brazilina Dutra (62), Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
• Auguste van Friesen (58)
• Audrey Evelyn Jagger
• Arthur Cornelius Lasat (75), Sint-Pieterskapelle, België
• Cornelis Hokke (87), Spijkenisse (Nissewaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mulder (84), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1956 » David E. Kelley, American screenwriter and producer
• 1956 » Evelyn Hart, Canadian ballerina
• 1956 » Tom Herr, American baseball player and manager
• 1957 » Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Graeme Kelling, Scottish guitarist († 2004)
• 1957 » Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese singer and trumpet player
• 1957 » Paul Downton, English cricketer
• 1958 » Cazuza, Brazilian singer-songwriter († 1990)
• 1958 » Peter Baltes, German bass player
• 1958 » Rodney Eade, Australian footballer and coach

• 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
• 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (assassinated)(b. 1929)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Peter
5. Willem
6. Hendrik
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Dirk
13. Paul
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. 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.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
• December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

The temperature on April 4, 1957 was between 4.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.