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• Johny Nulens, Hasselt, België († 1980)
• Frans Peters († 2013)
• Jantien Hendrina Sibilla Nooyen, Tegelen († 1957)
• N.N. van Alphen, Breda († 1957)
• Aad-Jan van der Wees († 2003)
• Robert Albert Marie Beuting, Ede
• helena antonia hermanie maria (leny) van der velden, helden-panningen († 1961)
• Bernadina Kouseband
• Alida Maria Elisabeth (Lydia) Rooswinkel, Den Haag, Nederland († 2013)
• Valerie Maude Hanes († 1982)

• Cecile Burton (3)
• Anna Zeilmaker (66)
• Christine Lorraine Nott (0), Coolah, NSW, AU
• Anna Maria Dikhout (77), Amsterdam
• Aalbertha Plug (72), Putten
• Albert Woest (71)
• Adriaantje Hoogerheijde (79), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Moransard (74), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Fredericus van der Waal (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Goudswaard (79), mijnsheerenland (zuid holland)

• 1955 » Bruno Barreto, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Rimantas Astrauskas, Lithuanian physicist
• 1955 » Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach
• 1956 » Clifton Powell, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, Swiss lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Ozzie Newsome, American football player and manager
• 1956 » Yoriko Shono, Japanese writer
• 1958 » Jorge Ramos, Mexican-American journalist and author
• 1958 » Kate Worley, American author († 2004)
• 1958 » Phillip Wilcher, Australian pianist and composer

• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)

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 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

The temperature on March 16, 1957 was between 9.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 10.9 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.