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• Arend Johannes Hoek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Didier DELTOUR, Ougree (B) († 2013)
• Harvey Glenn van de Weerd († 1960)
• Lisa A. Flores
• Penny R Alfrey, Middletown, Butler County, Ohio, United States of America († 2010)
• Ulf Jensen, Trondheim, Norway († 2018)
• Robert Chester Jones, Everett, Washington († 2009)
• Arend Johannes Hoek, Katwijk († 2013)
• Erhan Uzun († 2011)
• Petrus Ludovicus van der Sanden, Bolnes († 2009)

• Akke Rozenberg (54), Hoorn
• Alida Jantina Hartenhof (61), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Landen (84), Eindhoven
• Anna Maria van Wesel (66), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Philipsen (77), Tilburg
• Anna Maria van Kempen (55), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aegidius Eugen Heeger (64)
• Antonia Maria Mulder (61), Deventer
• Albertus Berend spin (76)
• Allegonda Cornelia Maria Vermeer (29), Maren-Kessel

• 1955 » Alain Ferté, French race car driver
• 1955 » Bill Elliott, American race car driver
• 1955 » Darrell Hammond, American comedian and actor
• 1956 » Janice E. Voss, American engineer and astronaut († 2012)
• 1956 » Jeff Lahti, American baseball player
• 1957 » Antonio Cabrini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1958 » Bret Lott, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1958 » Ruffin McNeill, American football player and coach
• 1958 » Steve Coll, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Ursula von der Leyen, Belgian-German physician and politician, Defense Minister of Germany

• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
• 1970 » Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)

• 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.
• May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
• October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.

The temperature on October 8, 1957 was between 7.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.