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• Harbert Peter Wolterman, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• N.N. van Dam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Ollie La Velle Edwards, Letcher, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Jacoba Maria van der Neut, Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Thommy van Hattem († 1969)
• Marianne Ella de Beurs, Abbekerk
• Henny van den Hoek, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Herman SUY, Beveren († 1975)
• Maria Christina DROESHOUT, Zele
• Rocci Earl Lortz, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States († 2002)

• Adriana Johanna Touw (71), Rotterdam
• Aagje Dekker (81), Zwolle
• Adrianus Schouten (78), Zeist, Utrecht, Nl
• Anna Maria Barbara Hendrix (44), Sittard (z)(Lb)
• Barend van Aken (82), Rotterdam
• Alfons Joseph Alexander Schulte (56), Zegveld
• Catharina Hendrika van de Graaf (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van Ruiten (81), Noordwijkerhout
• Anthoon Stoppels (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Lawrence (67), Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

• 1953 » Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 » Anthony Head, English actor
• 1954 » Jon Brant, American bass player
• 1954 » Patty Hearst, American actress and author
• 1957 » Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
• 1959 » David Corn, American journalist and author
• 1959 » Scott Brayton, American race car driver († 1996)
• 1960 » Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea († 2014)
• 1960 » Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

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.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• 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.

The temperature on February 20, 1957 was between -0.3 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.