About the day » Tuesday December 10, 1957Calender converter

• Annette Burghout, 's-Gravenhage († 2014)
• Mark Joseph McMahon († 2003)
• Victor George Dice, Pocatello, Idaho († 2006)
• Abraham Jan Vader, Middelburg († 1998)
• Andreas Theobaldus Maria Petrus Cools, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 2020)
• John Roks
• Christianus Adrianus Does, Noordwijkerhout († 2014)
• Lieuwe Tamme Jansma, Ljouwert, Fryslân, Nederlân († 2019)
• Debra June Zoellner Wade, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota
• Abraham Jan "Bram" Vader, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1998)

• Amalia Margaretha Laan van der (81), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Sijnja (85), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bark (72), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphons Willem Hoogeland (78), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Kerssens (85)
• Andreas Hubertus (Drees) Smeets (56), Belfeld, Nederland
• Aldegonde Hubertine Marie Smits van Eckart (90), Haywards Heath,W Sussex,England
• Albertus MULDER (75), Hoogezand, 2146, Groningen, Nederland
• Aldegonde Hubertine Marie SMITS van ECKART (90), Haywards Heath(Sussex), South East England, Groot Brittanië
• Antje van Calkar (69), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland

• 1956 » Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1956 » Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
• 1957 » Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor († 2012)
• 1957 » Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
• 1957 » Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
• 1958 » Cornelia Funke, German-American author
• 1958 » Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
• 1959 » Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach

• 1946 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1963 » K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
• 1967 » Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)

• 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.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• July 6 » John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.
• August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The temperature on December 10, 1957 was between -0.6 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.