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• Bernarda Maria (Berna) vd Kubbe, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Meinardus Wenker, Hoorn († 1957)
• Hannie van Driel, Maurik († 2000)
• Cornelis Klok, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Margrieta Antonia Hupse, Nijkerk (GL) († 2023)
• Jacolien De Graaf († 2012)
• Fernando Amaury Ottoni de Carvalho, São João del Rei, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1957)
• Marie Amatmoekrim, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Luut de Boer († 2018)
• Levenloze zoon Mulder, Kalamazoo, Kent (Michigan / USA) († 1957)

• Anna Gilliam (82)
• Alle Hiemstra (57), Bornwird
• Abraham Hessel Gijsbert DE BRUIJN (81)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Eekeren van (85), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Pomp (76)
• Aagtje van der Helm (84), Wormerveer
• Albrecht Hogeveen (65), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Eedes Jansma (80), De Wilp
• Alberdina Fens (69)
• Adrianus Josephus Ludovicus Schelle (21), Tilburg

• 1954 » David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
• 1954 » Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1955 » Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1956 » Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
• 1956 » Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
• 1957 » Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
• 1957 » Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
• 1959 » Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1960 » Randy Breuer, American basketball player

• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)

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 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
• July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.

The temperature on October 11, 1957 was between 11.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.