About the day » Saturday December 7, 1957Calender converter

• Paul Slangen, geleen († 1958)
• Gerardus Martinus van de Graaf, Winterswijk († 1957)
• Gerrit Kerstzn. Hoogland, Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Kendall Jay Canon, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, United States of America († 1998)
• Willem van Floresteijn, Ouddorp († 2009)
• Gerda Bernadette Lamote, Roeselare († 1957)
• Paul Hilverda († 1957)
• Anita Kay Berghorst, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 1957)
• Antonius Johannes Brabander, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Adriana - Attie - Jansema, tjuchem († 2022)

• Alida Polman (65), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Aalsburg (85), Voorburg
• Adrianus Petrus Paulus Klerk (83), Beesd
• Alexander Wessels (64), Zwolle, Ov., Nederland
• Arnoldus Petrus Paulus Klerk (83), Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna C Waaijer Waayer (46), Volendam
• Alphonsus Hubertus Gerardus Josephus Kerckhoffs (48), Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberta Gerarda Lammers (62), Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Verhoef (76), Leiden
• Adriana Agnieta Goejee (88), 's-Gravenhage

• 1954 » Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1955 » John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1956 » Anna Soubry, British politician
• 1956 » Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1957 » Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
• 1957 » Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
• 1958 » Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1958 » Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
• 1959 » Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer

• 1947 » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1960 » Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882)
• 1962 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 » Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1969 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)

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.
• March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
• September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
• December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.

The temperature on December 7, 1957 was between 0.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.