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• Jeltje Betten, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Alida johanna Pekelharing
• Franciscus Jacobus Josephus Bernulphus Mol, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Gregory Owen Sellnow, Brainerd, Minnesota, VS († 2012)
• Johannes Gerardus (Han) Koerhuis, Wesepe, Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 2005)
• Helena Stolk, 's Hertogenbosch N.B († 1998)
• Jim Lammers († 1973)
• Neeltje Pieternella van der STEL, Dubbeldam († 2014)
• Gerrit van Oenen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1985)
• Kurt Edlen Nederveld, Hudsonville Michigan USA, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Andries Cremers (83), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Charles Francis Broad (66), Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
• Arnoldus Laurentius Maria Groenendaal (55), Amsterdam
• Ariaantje van Westen (78), Amsterdam
• bernardus silvester zegers (61), tegelen
• Cornelia van de Haar (76), Renswoude
• Aafke Wybrens Hoekstra (84), Farmsum
• Aaltje Gal (88), Eindhoven
• Cornelia Lindt (63), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Michel Alfonsus Maria Lafort (27), Rotterdam

• 1956 » Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Richard Curtis, New Zealand-English screenwriter, film and television producer, and film director
• 1956 » Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
• 1957 » Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
• 1957 » Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director
• 1957 » Porl Thompson, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 » Tim Shaw, American swimmer
• 1958 » Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
• 1958 » Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
• 1958 » Selçuk Yula, Turkish footballer and journalist († 2013)

• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Chika Kuroda, Japanese chemist (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Subroto Mukerjee, Indian soldier; Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (b. 1911)
• 1965 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, television personality, and game show panelist (b. 1913)
• 1968 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)
• 1968 » Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)

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.
• July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
• October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
• October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

The temperature on November 8, 1957 was between 5.2 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.