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• Donald Coleman, Contra Costa, California, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Bernardus Nicolaas Maria Kaandorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Ria Julia Josephine Billen, Hasselt, België († 1957)
• Yolanda van der Stelt, Parramatta, Australië († 1957)
• Yolanda van der Stelt, Parramatta (Australië) († 1957)
• Mary Jean Frey, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2005)
• Hans Groen, Langedijk († 2018)
• Ethne Raelene BOLAND, Murchison, Tasman, New Zealand († 2001)
• Ronald van Eijk, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2017)
• Albert Deneuker

• Aafke REITSMA (83), Amsterdam (Noord-Holland)
• Alijda Geertruida Berends (89), Nijmegen
• Antonia Wenterina PHILIPS (77), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agatha Mul (79), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Ubels PAKES (70), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Anje Pakes (70), Groningen
• Antonius Theodorus Maatman (61), 's-Gravenhage
• Anje Ubels PAKES (70), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Juliana Paeshuyse (60), Oss (N.Br)
• Andries van Buuren (61)

• 1955 » John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
• 1956 » Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player
• 1956 » Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
• 1956 » Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
• 1956 » Sherri Turner, American golfer
• 1957 » Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
• 1957 » Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
• 1957 » Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter († 2013)
• 1958 » Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
• 1958 » Barbara Kooyman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

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 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
• May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
• July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

The temperature on October 4, 1957 was between 3.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.