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• Robert Harm Langerhuizen, Assen († 2009)
• Johanna Boer, s-hertogenbosch, NL († 2009)
• Conny Malipaard, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Joosten, Venlo († 1957)
• Doodgeboren kind de Waardt, Delft († 1957)
• Cornelis J.M. Cornelissen, Gilze en Rijen († 1976)
• Geesje (Gea) Hobers, Nieuw-Amsterdam
• Sophia van Hooijdonk († 1993)
• Willem van der Pol, 's-Gravenhage († 2013)
• Godelieve Krols, Hoogstraten († 1995)

• Catharina Havermans (75), Rucphen
• Aloysius Wilhelmus Arnoldus Kokxhoorn (58), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Antje Cornelis Folkersma (80), Buitenpost
• Cornelia Bosman (80), Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendrik Pleging (71), Overveen
• Antonius Ronnes (87), Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AAGJE UITTENBROEK (79), BLEISWIJK
• Cornelia Bosman (80), Abcoude
• Carl Edward Tibbetts (68)
• Cornelis Vollers (64), Amsterdam

• 1955 » Yamina Benguigui, Algerian-French director and politician
• 1956 » Marina Zoueva, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1956 » Miguel Ángel Russo, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1956 » Nigel Shadbolt, English computer scientist and academic
• 1956 » Vahur Sova, Estonian architect
• 1957 » Jamie Redfern, English-born Australian television presenter and pop singer
• 1957 » Martin Margiela, Belgian fashion designer
• 1957 » Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer and architect († 2011)
• 1958 » Nigel Slater, English food writer and author
• 1958 » Tony Sibson, English boxer

• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)
• 1953 » C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
• 1961 » Zog I of Albania (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

The temperature on April 9, 1957 was between 5.1 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.