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• johannes wilhelmus hendrikus (jo) van oijen, helden-grashoek
• Wilhelmina Maria Haverkort, Slagharen, Nederland († 2016)
• Jan Raggers, Steggerda († 1980)
• Frank Gerald Vandenheuvel, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada († 2010)
• Gregory Paul Hulka, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• wilhelmus jacobus alphons (will) sijben, helden-egchel
• Henry Jr. Davids, Loma Linda, San Bernardino, California, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Wilhelmina Maria Haverkort, Slagharen († 2016)
• Gijsberta Reimpje VINK, Grootegast († 1994)
• Margo Bolscher, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1998)

• Barteld Everts Bron (74), Nieuwehorne
• Anna Josephine MAYER (86), California,America
• Antonie Machiel Roelof van Batenburg (81), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kater (70), den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus (Toon) Verschuren (21), Vught
• Ager Thomas Ward (85), Derma, Calhoun, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes Verroen (87), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abra VREESWIJK Mdr (81)
• Barteld Evert Bron (74), Nieuwehorne
• Adrianus Johannes Johannesz. Verroen (87), Rotterdam

• 1955 » Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
• 1955 » Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
• 1956 » Charles Moore, English journalist and author
• 1956 » Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
• 1957 » Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
• 1957 » Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1959 » Neal Stephenson, American author

• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (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.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on October 31, 1957 was between 11.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.