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• Robert VANDERHENST, Zutendaal (Limburg) (B) († 1998)
• Cornelis de Waij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Marianne Van Eeten, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2002)
• Inneke Hamers, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Gerardus Henricus Maria van Dooremolen († 2017)
• anna gerarda maria van dommelen, helden-koningslust
• Yvonne Clementine Maria Schweigmann, Leeuwarden († 2014)
• Roelij Middelburg, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Rudy Noël CASTELEYN, Roeselare († 1977)
• Stephen Colin Thompson, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand († 1998)

• Antonia Wilhelmina Reimink (81), Dalfsen
• Anna Klant (82), Baarn
• Anna Cornelia van Dal (87), Tilburg, NB Netherlands
• Anna Cornelia van Dal (87), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina van Mulken (82), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Angelina VAN DEN BROECK (79), Hoboken,2660,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aafke Kleiwerda (79), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes de Buijzer (80), Voorst
• August Bruyndonckx (79), Terhagen
• Areke Francina van Hattum (74), Tiel

• 1954 » Donnie Moore, American baseball player († 1989)
• 1955 » Joe Birkett, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1956 » Peter Hook, English singer, songwriter, bass player, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• 1957 » Denise Austin, American fitness trainer and author
• 1958 » Øivind Elgenes, Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and composer
• 1958 » Derek Riggs, English painter and illustrator
• 1958 » Jean-François Lisée, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1958 » Marc Emery, Canadian publisher and activist
• 1958 » Pernilla August, Swedish actress
• 1959 » Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Paulino Alcántara, Filipino-Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1896)
• 1964 » Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1902)
• 1967 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (b. 1880)

• 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 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• 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.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The temperature on February 13, 1957 was between 5.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.