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• Maria Stella Nogueira, Maceió (Brazilië) († 2011)
• Dorothy Jean Rouse, Baytown,Harris County, Texaas († 2009)
• Aren Hoek († 2006)
• Walter Davis Grinstead (Jr.), Hawkinsville, Pulaski Co., Georgia, United States († 1976)
• Johannes Nicolaas Otto Kranenburg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Trijntje Vlaming, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Carolina Helena Hendrika Willen, Geleen († 2009)
• Gijsbertus (Bert) Pieter PRUDON, Zoetermeer,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Silvain Guillaume Vanspauwen, Kanne, Riemst, België († 2011)
• Stephen Charles Mellott († 1965)

• Aart Broekhuizen (71), Elburg
• (14l8) Cornelis Johannes van Bezouw (60), Gilze
• Anthonie LOKKER (81), Paterson, New Jersey
• Adriaantje KREEFT Mdr (74)
• Alexander Million Grimm (77), Guadalajara, Mexico
• Abner J. Virkler (61)
• Adèle Eleonore Oetgens van Waveren Pancras Clifford (70), Den Haag
• Abe Reitsma (76), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Dongen (71), Rijen
• Abraham Hendrik Middelhoek (82), Leersum

• 1955 » Ed Fast, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Brian Benben, American actor and producer
• 1956 » John Scott, English organist and conductor († 2015)
• 1957 » Miguel Ángel Lotina, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Richard Powers, American novelist
• 1958 » Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
• 1958 » Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
• 1959 » Joe Ansolabehere, American animation screenwriter and producer
• 1960 » Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
• 1960 » Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist

• 1943 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Florence Bascom, American geologist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1945 » Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (b. 1886)
• 1947 » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican-American actor (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1967 » Geki, Italian race car driver (b. 1937)

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 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

The temperature on June 18, 1957 was between 15.8 °C and 30.2 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.