About the day » Monday December 2, 1957Calender converter

• Marinus Adrianus Elisabeth Lamberta van Schijndel, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2025)
• ronny robben, turnhout, belgie († 1993)
• Geert De Niels, Ninove († 1961)
• Harm Smit, Groningen (NL)
• Glen Bryan Ledeboer, Dalles, TX
• Bernardus Josephus Leonardus Martinus Grob, Gemeente Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• N.N. Elshof, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Francisca Martina Theodora Gijzel
• Gilbert Gustave Julien Ghislain Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1974)
• NN Smink, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland

• Anna Catharina Gardeniers (72), Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Bernard A. KOENIG (67)
• Betje Frederika van Rossum (53), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adianus Sakkee (82), Den Haag
• Auke van der Wal (67), Utrecht, Nederland
• Beatrix Maria Koning (92), Haarlem
• ? ? (83)
• Antje Smit (85), Utrecht
• Catharina Johanna Gertruida Terwindt (84), Beek, Nederland
• Anthonia Paulina Schrijver (60), Utrecht

• 1954 » Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
• 1957 » Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
• 1958 » Andrew George, English politician
• 1958 » George Saunders, American short story writer and essayist
• 1958 » Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe racer and politician
• 1959 » Kelefa Diallo, Guinean general († 2013)
• 1960 » Peter Blakeley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Razzle, English rock drummer († 1984)
• 1960 » Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
• 1966 » Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1966 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
• 1969 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)

• 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 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

The temperature on December 2, 1957 was between -6.7 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.