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• Albert Deneuker
• Kathy Jane Ledeboer, Kandiyohi County, MN
• Bernardus Nicolaas Maria Kaandorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Steven Laning († 2001)
• Kindje Vonk, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Rob Poulssen, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Ria Julia Josephine Billen, Hasselt, België († 1957)
• Ronald van Eijk, Alphen aan den Rijn († 2017)
• Mary Jean Frey, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2005)
• Harald Hjort Viuff, ¢dis († 1968)

• Alexander Donkersloot (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje Ubels PAKES (70), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• alexander donkersloot (79), utrecht
• Adriana Goumare (89), Rotterdam
• Anje Pakes (70), Groningen
• Alijda Geertruida Berends (89), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anje PAKES (70), Groningen
• Anna Matilda PAUSTIAN Bruhn (73), Davenport, Scott Co., IA, U.S.A
• Arthur Joseph Royer (73), Gelinden, België
• Bernard Leeftink (58), Enschede

• 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)

• 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 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• 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.