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• Ronald Berend Luining, Groningen († 1994)
• Karin Janet Boon, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH) († 1999)
• William Bruce PETTY († 1963)
• Antje Oosterhuis, Badhoevedorp († 2012)
• Petronella Timmermans, Nieuw-Vossemeer († 2005)
• Peggy Lynn LEIDER, Wausau Marathon County Wisconsin U.S.A († 1974)
• Eugene Nico Marie SPRONCK, Heerlen († 1993)
• Ria Vermeersch, Roeselare († 2020)
• Hendricus (Henk) Staneke, amsterdam, Nederland († 1964)
• Gerrit Johannes van Klaveren, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonia Machielse (84), Rotterdam
• Barendina Tollenaar (76), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Jacobus van Dongen (64), Linne, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelia van Efferen (87), Poortugaal
• Clara Lee Wagley (45), Cisco, Eastland County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Beckers (90), Thorn, Nederland
• Catharina Ruijtenberg (89)
• Cornelis Johannes Lebbe (75), Bergen, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Kessel (68), Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Pouw (92), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1954 » Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author († 2004)
• 1956 » Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
• 1956 » Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1956 » Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
• 1957 » Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1958 » Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
• 1958 » Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer († 2009)
• 1958 » Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
• 1959 » Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1975 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)

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.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

The temperature on August 15, 1957 was between 13.2 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 17.5 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.