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• Paulus Van Gijlswijk, Onbekend
• Adrianus Johannes Mattheus Maria Ottenhoff, Weesp
• JULIE HELMA HUGHES, Sydney
• Edward E SMITH († 1957)
• Marie-Angélique CASTELEYN, Oostende († 2016)
• Arie Kamsteeg, Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Maria Magdalena Barbara Smeltekop, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Liesbeth Dirx, Beek (L) († 1957)
• Clifford Eugene Peck († 1989)
• Johannes van der Ende, Monster († 1972)

• Abel B Swinney (73), Havre, Hill, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Alina Vanhoutte (69), Brugge
• Ale Stephanes van Kammen (87), Groningen
• Augustinus Johannes van der Houven (72), Delft
• albertje kramer (0), Kampen
• Bastiaan Hooghwerff (79), Koudekerk aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wouda (63), Huizen(NH)
• ROËR (73), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Bootsveld (78), Heino
• Agatha Nolen (60), Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

• 1953 » Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter
• 1955 » David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
• 1955 » Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 » Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer
• 1958 » Dave Spitz, American bass player and songwriter
• 1959 » Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor († 2006)
• 1959 » Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
• 1959 » Kyle MacLachlan, American actor
• 1960 » Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1961 » Akira Takasaki, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)
• 1971 » Frédéric Mariotti, French actor (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 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 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
• July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on February 22, 1957 was between -2.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.