About the day » Saturday October 5, 1957Calender converter

• TEUNIS VAN DEN BERG, DE LIER († 2014)
• Klaas Cornelis Boskma, Dordrecht († 1998)
• Jan Pieter Wever, amsterdam, Nederland († 1957)
• Jan Smithuis († 2008)
• Marcel Florent Joseph DUELEN, Waltwilder, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 1977)
• Henderientje Mouw, ermelo († 1959)
• Jan SMITHUIS († 2008)
• Elizabeth Ann Paarlberg, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Laurentia Jolanthe Eveline (Laura) Hoogma, Zeist († 1957)
• Hendrika Dam, Arnhem († 2008)

• Anna Munneke (73)
• Anna Alida Maria Teunissen (57)
• Albion Herman Morse (80), Marin County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Embrechts (42), Tilburg
• Arie Frans Steenhoven van der (van de, van den) (75), Werkendam Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hubertina Vogels (61), Maasniel
• Antonius van den Heuvel (74), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Beek (64), Heerenveen
• Aleida GOETTSCH (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Thomas Schuitmaker (35), Franeker

• 1955 » Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
• 1955 » Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 » John Alexander, English footballer
• 1957 » Bernie Mac, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1957 » Lee Thompson, English singer-songwriter and saxophonist
• 1957 » Mark Geragos, American lawyer
• 1958 » André Kuipers, Dutch physician and astronaut
• 1958 » Neil Peart, Australian footballer
• 1958 » Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, and author
• 1959 » Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Civil Rights Memorial

• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1941 » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)

• 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 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
• July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on October 5, 1957 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.