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• Annigje Nicolette Vahrmeijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Tony Michael York, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• N.N. Bijl, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Wilhelmina Gerarda Theodora Krijnen, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Franciscus Johannes Wilhelmus Heutinck († 1989)
• Elzo KLOOSTER, Westerlee († 2006)
• Erica Rieg, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1959)
• Jouke Adrianus Maria Dijkstra, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Unnamed PALLESEN, Rostrata Hospital, Palmerston North, New Zealand († 1957)
• Mary Kay Gignac

• Adriaan Vos (74), Oosterbeek
• Antje Paarlberg (61), Zaandam
• Albert Bohlsen (66), Minnesota
• Adriana de Ru (69), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Arnolda Buenen (73), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Rochgerts Zijlstra (82), Aduard
• Alida Overduin (83), Scheveningen
• Adriana Paulina Buijs (67), Deventer, Ov, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Vos (74), Oosterbeek Gld
• Adriana Hendrika de Bruyn (83), Capelle

• 1955 » Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1955 » Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 » Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar († 2011)
• 1956 » Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
• 1956 » Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
• 1958 » Mark Moses, American actor
• 1958 » Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 » Beth Broderick, American actress and director
• 1959 » Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host

• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)
• 1982 » Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)

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.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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 24, 1957 was between 0.8 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.