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• Ron de Koning, Culemborg († 2000)
• Thea Stroomberg, Valburg († 2010)
• Mark Veryl Gilbert, Frankfort, Benzie Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Nel van den Boer, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Marjolijn van de Kerkhoff († 2006)
• Petronella van Tilburg, Halsteren († 1957)
• Lidina Theresia Cornelia Maria Kallenberg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Jacob Berghoef, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2011)
• Maria Eikens († 1957)
• Cornelis Christoffel Molenaar, Dordrecht († 2010)

• Antje Rolaff (67), Amsterdam N.H
• Berend Klooster (64), Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antoinette Petronella van der Leeuw (72), Delft
• André Georges DELETANG (65), Sarrebruck, 99, Allemagne
• Arnoldus Tiemens Zandbergen (60), Blokzijl, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Vriends (71), Rotterdam
• Arlie Bell Peters (61), Cochranton, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
• Antonelli Salles (71), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Arnoldus Pijs (78), Eersel
• Anna Huberdina Noij (54), Nijmegen

• 1953 » Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut
• 1955 » Beth Leavel, American actress and singer
• 1955 » Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician
• 1957 » Lyle Lovett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1957 » Murray Pierce, New Zealand rugby player
• 1958 » Mark Austin, English journalist
• 1958 » Robert Hart, English singer-songwriter
• 1959 » Susanna Clarke, English author and educator
• 1960 » Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 » Tim Cook, American businessman and engineer, current CEO of Apple Inc.

• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Robert MacArthur, Canadian-American ecologist and academic (b. 1930)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

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 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
• 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 November 1, 1957 was between 7.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.