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• Johannes Hendrik (Hans) van der Boom, Hoogvliet
• Lydia Johanna Schaeffer, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Wilhelm Frederik Klijnhout
• Dennis Joseph Selken, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota († 2003)
• Hendrik Callewaert († 2002)
• Franciscus Lambertus Cornelis de Haart, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Hubert VANBELLE, Zedelgem († 2012)
• Boereboom, Heemskerk
• Onbekend van Es, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Marina Bossuyt, Diksmuide

• Antonij Stam (86), Ede
• Berendina Elisabeth den Olden (83), Groenlo
• Adriana Johanna Groenemeijer (82), 's-Gravenhage
• adrianus johannes vilters (69), rotterdam
• "Jacqueline" Jeanne Françoise Marie de La Roque-Ordan (83), Ploubazlanec, Côtes-d'Armor, France
• Barbara Maria van Ham (80), Mortsel (Belgie)
• Adriana Johanna Groenemeijer (82), Den Haag,-
• Anna Veenstra (84), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adalbert Graaf van Thun-Hohenstein-Tetschen (77), Vancouver, Brits-Columbia
• Auke van der Molen (84), Kantens, Eemsmond, Groningen, Nederland

• 1956 » Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman
• 1956 » Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer
• 1956 » Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter
• 1956 » Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter († 2009)
• 1956 » Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler
• 1956 » Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
• 1957 » Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress
• 1957 » Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1958 » Doug Nordquist, American high jumper

• 1941 » Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
• 1968 » John Steinbeck, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Roy O. Disney, American banker and businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
• 1972 » Adolfo Orsi, Italian businessman (b. 1888)

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 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 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.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

The temperature on December 20, 1957 was between 3.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.