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• Dirk Jan Beltman, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Dik († 1958)
• Jerry Lee WIERSEMA († 1957)
• Harry Dubben († 1983)
• Margaretha Ranzijn, Alkmaar († 1957)
• Christina Sigrid ... († 2018)
• Hendrica Maria Florentia Adriana van Pul, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 2009)
• Martijntje Zwamborn, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Everdina Maria van de Brug, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2017)
• Freddy Calaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België

• Anna Cornelia Jansen (76), Heemstede
• Andrea Eduard VERWEY (0)
• Antje Gerbens Kempenaar (86), Veenwouden
• ALida Jozina Plantenga (68), Hilversum
• Antje Gerbens Kempenaar (86), Noordbergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara Andringa (83), Hillegom
• Aleida Berendina Sotthewes (56), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Bouwmeester (86), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonius Adrianus Stoop (61), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van de Guchte (81), Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1953 » András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
• 1954 » Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
• 1955 » Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
• 1955 » Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 » Dave Laut, American shot putter († 2009)
• 1957 » Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
• 1959 » Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress († 1998)
• 1959 » Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
• 1960 » Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States

• 1948 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (b. 1878)
• 1952 » Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)

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 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

The temperature on December 21, 1957 was between 6.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.