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• martin wijnhoven, helenaveen († 2023)
• Hans Reemers († 2012)
• Anneke van Egmond, Utrecht († 2014)
• Baby Groot, Utrecht († 1957)
• Betsie van Brakel († 2005)
• Jacoba (Jacqueline) Goverde, Dinteloord († 2018)
• Georges Prudent 'Philippe' SKOTNICKI, Anderlecht, 21001, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2010)
• Nicoletta Haring, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Astrid Gijsbertha Hendrika Cornelia Hennink, De Koog († 2001)
• Wim van Roy († 1997)

• Aafje Wortel (67)
• Charles Arthur Fish (90), Gotham, Richland, Wisconsin, United States
• Bernardus Augustinus Maria Dunselman (56), Den Helder
• Casparus Wilhelmus Looman (81), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Vries (46)
• Christiaan Ernst Runge (78)
• ALBERT JOHANNES CORNELIS BROEKHUIS (20), Hilversum
• Bontje Bonnes van der Wal (80)
• Antonius van de Hulsbeek (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Dunselman (56), Den Helder, Netherlands

• 1954 » Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 1955 » Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic († 2014)
• 1956 » Annika Billström, Swedish businesswoman and politician, 16th Mayor of Stockholm
• 1956 » Christopher Darden, American lawyer and author
• 1956 » Georg Werthner, Austrian decathlete
• 1957 » Kim Kap-soo, South Korean actor
• 1957 » Thelma Walker, British politician
• 1958 » Brian Haner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Hindrek Kesler, Estonian architect

• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1968 » Edwin Baker, Canadian co-founder of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)

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 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The temperature on April 7, 1957 was between 4.9 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.