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• Anke Kloosterman, Harkema Opeinde († 2016)
• Adriana van Twist, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Wilma Reijnen, Eindhoven, Gemeente Eindhoven, North Brabant, Niederlande († 2008)
• Patricia Güttler, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1990)
• Johanna Nieuwenweg, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Hendrik Wilpshaar, Hardenberg († 1958)
• Wilhelmina Aloisa Maria Peters
• N.N. Westen, Vlagtwedde Groningen († 1957)
• tonny van horen, kronenberg (gem.sevenun) hees 60
• Westen, Vlagtwedde (Ter Apel) († 1957)

• Westen (0), Vlagtwedde (Ter Apel)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (73), Schijndel
• Andreas Carolus Hendrikus Bremmers (2), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (73), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Byron R Conley (74), Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, United States
• Albertus Hendrikus Willemsen (84), Venlo
• August Jutting (64), Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
• Cornelia Beving (83), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Annetje Meijboom (88), Rotterdam
• Anna Henneman (92), Heemskerk

• 1950 » András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
• 1953 » Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer († 2014)
• 1955 » Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
• 1955 » Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
• 1957 » Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 1959 » Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator
• 1961 » Howard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 » Ron Brown, American sprinter and football player
• 1962 » Olli Rehn, Finnish footballer and politician
• 1963 » Paul Mercurio, Australian actor and dancer

• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Percy Alliss, English golfer (b. 1897)

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 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
• December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on March 31, 1957 was between 3.0 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.