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• Yvonne Johanna Maria Kuijper, Heiloo († 1957)
• Joel Jon Hansen, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa († 2004)
• Kenneth Edward Phillips, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 2022)
• mat maessen, horst
• hendrika wilhelmina leonarda josephina (riek) schijven, helden-panningen
• NN Kottrik, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Linda Sue Fleming, Letcher Cnty, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Candy Lynn Hopson, La-Rochelle Frankrijk
• Stef Lemm, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eddy van Dulmen († 1994)

• Adrianus Cornelis Dickens (74), Vught
• Christina Swart (77)
• Caterina Pascarelli (96), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Bunt (86), Groningen
• Adrianus van Rijs (76), Dordrecht
• Christina Driessen (45), Egchel, Limburg, Netherlands
• Abraham van Gelderen (68), Ameide
• Antje Maria Gravenstein (68), Zaandam
• Dirk van Duijn (3), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia van Leeuwen (56), Leiden

• 1956 » Anne Donahue, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Catherine Ashton, English politician, Vice-President of the European Commission
• 1956 » Naoto Takenaka, Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director
• 1957 » Chris Wedge, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1957 » David Foster, Australian woodchopper
• 1957 » Spike Lee, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Theresa Russell, American actress
• 1957 » Vanessa Bell Calloway, American actress
• 1958 » Holly Hunter, American actress and producer
• 1958 » Rickey Jackson, American football player

• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian merchant, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Brendan Behan, Irish republican and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Daniel Frank, American long jumper (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Johnny Morrison, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Henri Longchambon, French politician (b. 1896)

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.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

The temperature on March 20, 1957 was between 7.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.