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• Lea Creemers, Venray, Li.NL († 2000)
• franciscus johanna maria steegs, helden-dorp
• Willy van Roosmalen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Sander Bastiaan Schenkkan, Blaricum († 1990)
• Henk Bos
• Frederik John van de Pol, Amersfoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Johan Duynslager († 2018)
• Petrus Antonius Maria Verschueren, Baarle-Nassau († 2001)
• Marjo Witte, Den Helder († 2012)
• Stillborn Kaandorp-, Castricum, Nederland († 1957)

• Elisabeth Jantina Geesseldina Vroom (73), Enschede, Nederland
• Antje Filippus Tul (92)
• Antje Doorlag (85), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Francijna Scheepers (81), Best
• Ella Lynch (79)
• Dirk Zeegers (71), Rotterdam
• Elder Vance Carter (70)
• Roelofje Koster (68), Zuidwolde
• Catharina Gerdina van der Kroft (56), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Berkel, van (73), Rotterdam

• 1954 » Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards
• 1955 » Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
• 1955 » Kate Mulgrew, American actress
• 1956 » Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher
• 1957 » Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
• 1957 » Mark Kendall, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1958 » Eve Plumb, American actress
• 1958 » Gary Cohen, American baseball play-by-play announcer
• 1958 » Kevin Moore, English footballer († 2013)
• 1958 » Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress

• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Paula Strasberg, American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1967 » J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (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. 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.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on April 29, 1957 was between 7.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.