About the day » Saturday October 26, 1957Calender converter

• William Mark Steed, Garfield County, Utah, United States of America († 1957)
• Frans Gelmer Hulst, Loppersum († 1995)
• Auke van Dokkum († 2018)
• Piet van Vondel, Emmer-Compascuum Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 2021)
• Frans Gelmer Hulst, Loppersum († 1995)
• Anja Zonneveld, Heiloo († 2003)
• Aart van Zanten, Dordrecht († 1983)
• Cornelis Theodorus Duivenvoorden, Lisse, Lisse, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Marja Pronk, Scheveningen († 1957)
• Aart van Zanten, Dordrecht († 1983)

• Anna Maria de Moor (68), Clinge (Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, ZL) NL
• Catharina Hubertina Hoeberdina Kempkens (75), Montfort
• (35), aabenraa
• Catharina Bessems (63), Gronsveld, Eijsden
• Adriaan Vleugel (72), Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aleida Geertruida Schuurman (5), Ommen
• Alfons Victor Van Den Abeele (62), Nieuwerkerken, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Breggie Heckman (67), midwolda
• Berthe Gabrielle Marie "Charlotte" Le Court de Béru (61), Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
• Catharina (Toos) DE JONGE (32), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1954 » Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
• 1954 » D. W. Moffett, American actor and director
• 1954 » James Pickens Jr., American actor
• 1954 » Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
• 1956 » Rita Wilson, American actress and producer
• 1956 » Stephen Gumley, Australian engineer and businessman
• 1957 » Bob Golic, American football player and radio host
• 1958 » Shaun Woodward, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1959 » Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
• 1959 » Paul Farmer, American anthropologist and physician

• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Louise Beavers, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1963 » Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Sylvia Likens, 16-year-old group torture/murder victim in Indianapolis (b. 1949)

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.
• January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on October 26, 1957 was between 11.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.