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• Donald Bruce Cofell, Edgeley, La Moure, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Marsman, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Daniel Jay Killeen, Pomona, California, Verenigde Staten
• Harrie (Henricus Johannes) Haselbekke, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Gerda Claes, Sint Truiden
• Peter Jan Vonhoff, amsterdam, Nederland († 2019)
• Nancy Francine Hand, Cook, Illinois, United States († 1986)
• Anne Marie Jong, de, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• van de Veerdonk, Berlicum († 1959)
• Johannes Ferdinandus Maria Ooijevaar, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)

• Aaltje Meiling (83)
• Carolina Magdalena Johanna Haring (66), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Byrd B Baggett (76), Weatherford, Parker, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Agada guijt (70), Katwijk aan Zee
• Adriana Cornelia van der Wende (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van NOOD (82), Alphen aan de Rijn
• * Adelbertus Maria Molenaar (59), Tilburg
• * Maarten Boele (76), Papendrecht
• Antonia Goossens (78), Raamsdonk, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Weeterings (73), Dongen

• 1955 » Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1956 » Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
• 1956 » Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 1957 » Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 1957 » Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 1957 » Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
• 1958 » Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
• 1958 » Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
• 1959 » Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist

• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (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. 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 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.

The temperature on August 17, 1957 was between 14.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.