About the day » Friday March 22, 1957Calender converter

• Jan Bekx († 2016)
• Janneke van de Vendel, Renswoude († 2007)
• Joyce Ann Gillikin, Carteret County, North Carolina († 2008)
• Cornelia Adriana van Nadort, Ameide († 2014)
• Donald Gary Van De Weert, Goshen, Orange County, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Johan Otto van Brussel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• Douglas Jay Mouw, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2023)
• Ingrid Ida Afke Kelder, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Doug van Beek, Volga, Brookings County, South Dakota († 2006)
• Dawn Gay Visser, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa († 2014)

• Albert Hendriksz Houwaard (77), Oegstgeest
• Cornelia van Wesel (86), Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Houwaard (77), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Beekelaar (2), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Charlotte Ann Durno (72), Gulliver, Schoolcraft Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Kort (81)
• Catharina Melisen (83), Haarlem
• Antje Kort (81), Andijk, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schoonakker (61), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriana Mulders (78), Hilversum

• 1953 » Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
• 1955 » Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 » Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 » Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 » Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born María Teresa Mestre y Batista)
• 1957 » Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 » Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1959 » Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 » Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1960 » Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect

• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)

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 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• 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.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

The temperature on March 22, 1957 was between 1.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.