About the day » Tuesday March 26, 1957Calender converter

• Leendert Gerrit de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 2001)
• Francis Laurent († 1992)
• Thea Annette (Thea) Spaan, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Mary Gabrielle O’Hagan, Omagh, Tyrone, Northern Ireland († 2019)
• Caroline Krajenbrink, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1957)
• Thea Annette Fransdr Spaan, Heerhugowaard. Butterhuizen († 1979)
• Leon Driessen, Hoensbroek, Nederland († 1996)
• Jan van de Vuurst († 1988)
• Fetzen Harms de Groot, Sint Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Bertha Margarethe Elfriede Lucas († 2013)

• Agnes B B Bruce (91), Edinburgh, Scotland
• Albert Boekhoven (85), Beerta
• Caroline Krajenbrink (0), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Amy CALLER (66), Dartford, Kent
• Alexander van Assouw (81), Tilburg
• Antje Meurs (74), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Grootaers (69), Rotterdam
• Berend Jan Dijkslag (66), Heerde
• Albert Tiemens (92), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Armand Alphonse Abdon Vandevelde (53), Sint-Truiden, België

• 1954 » Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 » Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 » Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright († 2008)
• 1956 » Charly McClain, American country singer
• 1956 » Park Won-soon, South Korean lawyer and politician, 35th Mayor of Seoul
• 1957 » Fiona Bruce, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1957 » Leeza Gibbons, American talk show host and television personality
• 1957 » Paul Morley, English journalist, producer, and author
• 1957 » Shirin Neshat, Iranian visual artist
• 1958 » Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver († 1986)

• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer (b. 1883)
• 1969 » John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (b. 1937)

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 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
• September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on March 26, 1957 was between 5.3 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.