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• José Alex Bermúdez-Vandenberg, Santurce († 2012)
• Anja Cornelia (Anja) Visser, De Cocksdorp († 2015)
• Myra Mirande Aveling, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Margaretha Wilhelmina Maria Suidgeest, Hoofddorp († 2013)
• Jacques CLAUW († 2008)
• Douglas Poppema, Sheldon, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2015)
• Goof Sweere, Zevenbergen († 1985)
• Annet Meesters, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1988)
• Leo Schoeters, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 2006)
• Craig James van Schoyck († 1957)

• Aplonia Paulina Rijsdijk (78), Amsterdam
• August Malfait (68), Ieper
• Antoon Thijssen (71), Gaanderen
• Aloys Steffens (73), Brünen-Havelich
• Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (84), Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Laurens Arie Hoogenraad (72)
• Anje Klip (51), Uithuizermeeden
• Arie Bogerd (83), Zuilichem
• Aeida Ponsteen (74), Almelo (Ambt), Overijssel (NL.)
• Pieter Van Der Weide (16), Coevorden

• 1950 » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier; 1972 Olympic slalom champion († 2006)
• 1950 » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian politician; 51st President of Argentina, 2003–2007 († 2010)
• 1950 » Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter and author
• 1951 » Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach; four Olympic medals and two world records
• 1952 » Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT († 2000)
• 1953 » José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
• 1957 » Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore politician; 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
• 1958 » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach; four-time NBA Finals champion
• 1962 » Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals
• 1963 » Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster; five-time World Series champion

• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
• 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
• 1970 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

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 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.

The temperature on February 25, 1957 was between 2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.