About the day » Monday December 2, 1957Calender converter

• Jean-Michel Declerck († 2010)
• Yvan Lambrecht, Beernem, 8730, Brugge, West Vlaanderen († 2019)
• Alphonsus Martin (All) Holmes, Derry, Co. Derry, NI († 2004)
• Harm Smit, Groningen (NL)
• Dan William Peel († 2006)
• Francisca Martina Theodora Gijzel
• Andries Joos Johannes (Andre) van der Veer, Beek († 2011)
• N.N. Elshof, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• ronny robben, turnhout, belgie († 1993)
• Gilbert Gustave Julien Ghislain Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1974)

• Beatrix Maria Koning (92), Haarlem
• Anna Catharina Gardeniers (72), Sittard
• Betje Frederika Rossum, Van (53), Amsterdam
• Clement Frank Hall (91), Griswold, Cass, Iowa, United States
• Antonius Casper Gerardus Damen (73), Rotterdam
• Antje Smit (85), Utrecht
• Cornelia Beenhakker (72), Assendelft NH NL
• Anita West (45)
• Apolonia Alida van Haasteren (57), Alkmaar
• Betje Frederika van Rossum (53), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)

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 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• 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.
• September 24 » President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
• September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
• 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 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.