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• Johan van Buuren, Langbroek († 2017)
• William Lynn Calderon, Bell, Texas († 2014)
• Niek de Graaf, Texel († 2007)
• Antje Poort, slochteren († 1989)
• Wiekens, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Nicolaas Henderikus de Graaf, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2007)
• Austin Wayne Spears († 1957)
• Gwendolyn Dingman, Ft. Dodge, Webster County, Iowa († 1957)
• Antonia Theodora Zoetelief, Everstekoog (Texel, NH) († 2023)
• Gerardina Elisabeth Graveleijn, Noordwijk, Langeveld († 2011)

• Antje van Velzen (74), Utrecht
• Maria Margaretha Heesen (57), Amsterdam
• Catharina Maria van Rijswijk (82), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Holtman (71), Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Boudewijn Van Leeuwen (86), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaldrik Antoon Ahlrichs (57), Rotterdam
• Dubbelman (77)
• Carolina Catharina Wilhelmina van der Breggen (82), s-Gravenhage
• Cornelia Doms (80), Hoensbroek, Limburg,Netherlands
• Constant Willemyns (86), Staden

• 1954 » Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player
• 1957 » Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1957 » Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer († 2016)
• 1957 » Robert de Castella, Australian runner
• 1957 » Timothy Spall, English actor
• 1958 » Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor and United States Senator of New Hampshire
• 1958 » Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster
• 1960 » Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1977 » John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (b. 1905)

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 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.
• January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.

The temperature on February 27, 1957 was between -0.2 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.