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• Anna Francisca Antonia (Anneke) van Knippenberg, Arcen, Limburg, Netherlands († 2010)
• Johanna Geertruida Koeman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Doodgeboren kind Schouwenaars, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Astrid Aleida Maria te BRINKE, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1963)
• Volmer, Oostkapelle († 1957)
• Jan Remmelzwaal, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Jacobus Cabaret, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Son Rydl († 1957)
• Ingrid Krijbolder, Den Haag († 1990)
• Maarten Moraal, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)

• Berendina Drieling (75), Amsterdam
• Anje Bruins (78), Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Adrianus Remigius Jansen (73), Tilburg
• Albertus Antonius JORDAN (78), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adrianus Gerhardus Martinus Schol (41), Reinberg (Dld)
• Adrianus Cornelis Both (77), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antje van Velzen (54), Hilversum
• Arend Jans Mulder (79), Leiden
• Alberdina Gesina Kessens (61), Utrecht
• Annie Heebink (80), Yakima, Yakima County, Washington

• 1955 » Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 » Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
• 1956 » Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
• 1957 » Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 » Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2011)
• 1958 » Alberto Cova, Italian runner
• 1958 » Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Gary Peters, American lieutenant and politician
• 1958 » Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager

• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)

• 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.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• 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).
• August 5 » American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

The temperature on December 1, 1957 was between -4.7 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.