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• Maria Johanna Agatha Alkemade, Noordwijk († 2010)
• Gerrie van den Brink, Ermelo († 2020)
• N.N. van Loon, Tilburg († 1957)
• Jacob Ruitenbeek, Harderwijk († 1957)
• Astrid Wilhelmina Manneke, Rotterdam, ZH. NL († 1990)
• Helena Cornelia Maria van Hoek, Gilze en Rijen
• Karen Anne Stanley († 1976)
• NN Draaijer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Robert Antonius Joannes Pietersen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2017)
• Kristiaan Hendrikus Kroezen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)

• Alexander Zimmerman (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maas (92), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Dik (0)
• Heederik (50), Woerden, South Holland, Netherlands
• Arend Jonker (61), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Roest (86), Bladel Netersel
• Adrianus Franciscus Arnoldus Bakkers (60)
• Aart van Egteren (79)
• "Eleonore" Rudolfine Marie Huberta Walpurga von Fürstenberg (88), Gut Leye, Osnabrück, Allemagne
• 'Nathalie' Eugénie Camille Louise Henriette de MENTEN de HORNE (85), Liège, 62063, Liège, Belgique

• 1954 » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 1954 » Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
• 1954 » Terry Kinney, American actor and director
• 1956 » Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1957 » Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
• 1957 » Philippe Dintrans, French rugby player
• 1957 » Ron Franscell, American author and journalist
• 1959 » Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 » Gia Carangi, American supermodel († 1986)
• 1960 » Greg Louganis, American diver and author

• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1969 » Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)

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.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• April 11 » United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
• December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on January 29, 1957 was between 0.6 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.