About the day » Monday March 11, 1957Calender converter

• Henricus Herbergs, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 2003)
• Everardus J (Evert) Smit, Volendam († 1958)
• Wijke Farnholt († 1985)
• Hendrik Albert Jan Timmer, Leiden
• Marijke Theresia Jean Josephine Thomassen, Genk († 1957)
• Nico Wijermars, Wijhe
• Maria Johanna Georgia de Rijk, Amsterdam († 1990)
• NN Poppe, Koewacht († 1957)
• Bert Ferwerda, Sneek, Friesland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Karin Jansen, Utrecht († 1996)

• Basiel Louis Everaert (83), Hamme (Belgie)
• Barendina Catharina van Niel (72), Den Haag
• Arie Dirk van Hofwegen (85), Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardina Kanters (68), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Aarnout Dees (31), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Theodora Lentjes (56), Arnhem
• Antoni Gerardus Omloo (49), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Blaauboer (86)
• Antonia Engel (83), Wormerveer (Gem. Zaanstad), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Arie Groen (65), Zaandam

• 1955 » Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer
• 1956 » Curtis Brown, American colonel, pilot and astronaut
• 1956 » Helen Rollason, English journalist and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1956 » Willie Banks, American triple jumper
• 1957 » The Lady Chablis, American drag queen performer († 2016)
• 1958 » Anissa Jones, American child actress († 1976)
• 1958 » Flemming Rose, Danish journalist and author
• 1958 » Ian Horrocks, English computer scientist and academic
• 1958 » James Pinkerton, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Tetsurō Oda, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)

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 14 » Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• 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.
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

The temperature on March 11, 1957 was between 5.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.