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• Harm Snippe, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Gerlof Hendricus Alves, Leeuwarden († 1957)
• Catharina Maria Johanna Embregts, Zeeland
• Juliana van der Linden († 2019)
• Eva Maria GULL, Nesselröden († 1957)
• Willy Backx († 1958)
• Marianne Zijlstra († 2019)
• Anne Marie Vlaar, Hoorn († 1957)
• Peter Beltman, Markelo († 1957)
• Gladys Lafern Gosser († 1957)

• Aaltje den Besten (76)
• charles DELSART (52), Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon (F-59)
• Adrianus Verheul (85), Oudewater
• Anna Pieternella (Anna) Severijn (87), Utrecht
• Aaltje Westerbeke (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Adriaantje van Gelder (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Verhagen (72), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Achille Jan Baptiste Abbeloos (67), Jette, (Bruxelles-Capitale),Brussels Capital Region,Belgi√´
• Anton Bernardus Koolwijk (83), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dirkje Loder (74), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1954 » Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1954 » Jo Duffy, American author
• 1955 » Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
• 1955 » Jerry Beck, American historian and author
• 1955 » Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
• 1958 » Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
• 1958 » Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer

• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
• 1969 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1976 » Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)

• 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 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• 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 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 1 » First appearance of In God we trust on U.S. paper currency.

The temperature on February 9, 1957 was between 5.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.