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• Teunis Zanting, Emmen († 1997)
• Josephina Maria Ottelina Edelbroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hans Obers, Lottum († 2017)
• Johan van der Lelij, Haarlemmermeer († 1963)
• Maria Cuesta, Elsene
• Robert Allen Stevens
• Antonie Vosgezang, Hengelo († 1958)
• France DRIESSENS, Hermalle-Sous-Argenteau, 4681, Liège, Belgique († 2019)
• Gesiena Hendrika Gea Wolbers († 2006)
• Gea Wolbers († 2006)

• Alida Theodora Grüwel (55), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van de Kruis (58), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie May Raymond (88), Woodburn, Marion, Oregon, United States
• Alouisius Michels (74), Deurne
• Beert Fikse (76), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Aafke van der Helm (78), Slochteren, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Fortgens (70), Hengelo
• Cornelis Johannes Franciscus de Jong (0), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Martina Kervezee (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christiaan Josephus van den DRIES (71), Tilburg (Noord Brabant) (NL)

• 1955 » Nancy Rothwell, English physiologist and academic
• 1955 » Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1956 » Freddie Jackson, American soul singer
• 1956 » Peter Bruce, Scottish chemist and academic
• 1956 » Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
• 1957 » Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » John Cook, American golfer
• 1957 » Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1957 » Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
• 1958 » Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)

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 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on October 2, 1957 was between 1.6 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.