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• Robert Johan (Rob) Eijssink, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• James David Colgan, Philadelphia, PA
• levenloos geboren kind van Willem Nicolaas ELGERSHUIZEN, 's-Gravenhage († 1957)
• Sjoerd Dechesne, Tilburg, NB, Nederland († 1993)
• Patricia Ann Kimmel († 1957)
• Rieko Hazelhof, Winschoten († 2009)
• Jan Heijmans († 2006)
• Tjalling Peter Tjalsma, Exmorra († 2018)
• Jan Wielemaker, Koudekerke, Nederland († 2007)
• Anthony Ubaldi, New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1981)

• Anna Marie Bieber (80), Sulzbach, Hessen, Deutschland
• Aafke Jannes Knol (73), Groningen
• Aaltje de Jonge (84), Aalten Gelderland Nederland
• Atje Tuinstra (89), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Barteld de Wilde (82), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Georges" Félix Marie Edmond Aubert du Petit Thouars (79), Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne, Indre-et-Loire, France
• Andrew Jesse Shoemaker (69), Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania
• Bessel Evers (69), Putten
• Aaltje de Jonge (84), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Hollink (60), Hengelo

• 1956 » Fred Melamed, American actor
• 1956 » Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party
• 1956 » Richard Madeley, English journalist and author
• 1957 » Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » David Hill, English organist and conductor
• 1957 » Frances Barber, English actress
• 1957 » Koji Suzuki, Japanese author and screenwriter
• 1957 » Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician, 24th Filipino Secretary of the Interior
• 1957 » Mark Heap, English actor
• 1958 » Anthony Ray Parker, American actor

• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)

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.
• January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

The temperature on May 13, 1957 was between 7.7 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.