About the day » Sunday October 20, 1957Calender converter

• Alcee Joyce van Wijhe, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, V.S († 2008)
• Coral Lee OLSON, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, United States of America († 2010)
• Stephen Donald Luttio, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Anna Maria Petronella Brosens, Breda († 1995)
• Alcee J van Wyhe, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 2008)
• Maria Cornelia Huizer, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Klazina Elizabeth Irene van Peski, Rotterdam
• Martinus Hubertus Maria Faesen, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 1958)
• Bjorn Kamsteeg, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 2017)
• N.N. Nadorp, Klein Driene, 7557, Nederland († 1957)

• Carolus Andreas Verheyen (85), Genedijk
• Antje van der Veen (82), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertruda Aloysia de Both- (89), Roosendaal, Nederland
• Aart den IJzerman (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van den Goor (81), Venlo
• Aart den IJzerman (60), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Achille Camille OCKERMAN (67), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria Geertruida Aloijsia de Both (89), Roosendaal
• Antonia Stuart (85), Leiden
• Anna Maria Ansems (Anssems) (70), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1956 » Danny Boyle, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Martin Taylor, English guitarist
• 1957 » Chris Cowdrey, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Hilda Solis, American academic and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1957 » Jane Bonham-Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, English politician
• 1958 » Dave Krieg, American football player
• 1958 » Lynn Flewelling, American author and academic
• 1958 » Mark King, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Scott Hall, American wrestler
• 1958 » Valerie Faris, American director and producer

• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1972 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (b. 1885)

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.
• January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
• 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.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

The temperature on October 20, 1957 was between 2.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.