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• Yolanda Dirkje Cornelia Jansen († 2000)
• Christian Degryse, Mouscron-Belgium († 2016)
• Klaas Mons, Harderwijk († 1997)
• Johannes Hendrikus(Jos) Fiselier († 1980)
• Anthonius Willibrordus van den Ing, Alkemade († 1957)
• johannie jacoba marie jose daniels, helden-beringe
• Etta Marie Hayes, Bucyrus, Crawford County, Ohio († 2016)
• Wayne Erwin Lohman **, La Mesa, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Pamela Jane Lammers, Sioux Falls, Lincoln Co., South Dakota († 2019)
• René Steenvoort († 2015)

• Adriana de Later (70), Nieuwerkerk, Nederland
• Albertien Talens (63), Grootegast
• Barend Willem Selles (24), Utrecht
• Catherine Verkuilen (54), Marsfield, Wood county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Areka van Willigen (47)
• Anna Dijs (82), Huizen
• Aart Stuip (83), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Albertien Berends Talens (63), Grootegast
• Bernard Heinrich Hake Hemsen - Düsseldorf (87), Düsseldorf-Eller (D)
• Cleophus Othis (Otha) [Clines] Cline [Wk-s2Wks] "Otha" (71), Pulaski County, Kentucky ql

• 1954 » Marsha Warfield, American actress
• 1955 » Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
• 1956 » Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
• 1956 » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)
• 1957 » Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician († 2018)
• 1957 » Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor († 1988)
• 1958 » Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1959 » Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia († 1999)

• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (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.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

The temperature on March 5, 1957 was between 0.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.