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• Leendert Jan Fluijt, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Sybille Verhaegen, Bukavu (Costermansville),, RD Congo († 2010)
• Elise Marie Renee Mignot († 1974)
• Jan Maas, Monnickendam († 1972)
• Elsa de Meulmeester, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Maria Johanna Catharina van Kempen, Arnhem
• Dirk Billen, Hasselt, België († 1980)
• N.N. Vermonden, Baarle-Nassau († 1957)
• Elise Marie Renée Mignot, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1974)
• Harla Doff, Garsthuizen, Stedum, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)

• Adriana de Mol (81), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Elferink (67), Uithoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kleingeld (80), Rotterdam
• Christiaan de Wilde (84)
• Albertus Kok (58), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Prins (39), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Bastiaan Huibert Millenaar (88), 's Gravenmoer
• Agatha Elferink (67), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Poll (83), Bergen op Zoom, NL
• Catharina Adriana Raap (63), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York
• 1955 » Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1955 » Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer
• 1956 » Douglas Preston, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Gerry Peyton, English born Irish international footballer and coach
• 1956 » Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic
• 1957 » Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 1958 » Jane Wiedlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1958 » Ron Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1959 » Susan Cowsill, American singer-songwriter

• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)
• 1971 » Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (b. 1904)

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.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
• October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.

The temperature on May 20, 1957 was between 7.0 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.