About the day » Thursday May 23, 1957Calender converter

• Marjorie Ellen Stob, Oak Park, IL
• Paul Victor Muntz, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Gezinus Godeke, Hardenberg († 2017)
• Jacqueline Elisabeth Smaling, Rotterdam († 2020)
• Johannes Van Ginkel, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Ronald Oosterbroek, Amsterdam († 2007)
• Albert Jan Leeflang, Ede († 2019)
• Vincent Looye († 2019)
• DE COCK, Sint-Niklaas, België († 1957)
• Ria (Maria Francina) VAN DEN BERG, Voorburg († 2003)

• Bernard A. Sewnig (47), Evergreen Park, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Bareld Halbes Oldenburger (80), Surhuizum
• August KINO (80), Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Berber Catharina (Berber Katrijne) VERLOOP (88), Amsterdam
• Adriana van Eck (53), Brielle
• Arnoldus van DIJK (50), Rotterdam
• Arie Meesters (74), Utrecht
• Anna Knot (62), Groningen
• Abrahamina Louisa Wilhelmina HOPPERUS BUMA (0), Drachten (Smallingerland) Friesland Netherlands
• Arthur Gilbert "Gib" Siddle (68), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• 1954 » Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer, striker
• 1954 » Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor
• 1955 » Luka Bloom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Andrea Pazienza, Italian illustrator and painter († 1988)
• 1956 » Buck Showalter, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Ursula Plassnik, Austrian politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
• 1958 » Drew Carey, American actor, game show host, and entrepreneur
• 1958 » Lea DeLaria, American actress and singer
• 1958 » Mitch Albom, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis player and sportscaster

• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (b. 1870)
• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)

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 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
• March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• 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 May 23, 1957 was between 3.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.