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• Hendrina Ruta (Henny) Veldhuis, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2004)
• Jan Hendrik Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 2003)
• Tony Roosen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)
• Johannis Gerard Verhage, Den Helder, Nederland († 1978)
• Dirk Albert Manning, Musselkanaal, Nederland († 2013)
• Heather Jean Stehbens († 1958)
• Louwrens Constant Nicolaas Hogervorst, 's-Gravenhage († 1990)
• Daryl Jae Todd **** († 1960)
• Willy Dam († 2011)
• Jan Degenhart, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 2007)

• Antonia Spikker (83), Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafke Kalfsbeek (77), De Wilp
• Antonia Spikker (83), Diepenveen
• Anna Maria Catharina Nolmans (71), Diepenbeek
• Anna Maria van Hest (61), Eindhoven
• Annigje de Bie (81), Dordrecht
• Abraham da Silva (78), Amsterdam
• Camiel Goossens (77), IJzendijke, Zeeland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Anthonie Bolijn (63), Rotterdam
• Camiel Goossens (77), IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1955 » Fabian Hamilton, English graphic designer, engineer, and politician
• 1956 » Andy Garcia, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 » Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
• 1957 » Tama Janowitz, American novelist and short story writer
• 1957 » Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian hurdler
• 1958 » Klaus Tafelmeier, German javelin thrower
• 1958 » Will Sergeant, English guitarist
• 1959 » Howard Stableford, English radio and television host

• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Josephine Baker, French actress, activist, and humanitarian (b. 1906)

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.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on April 12, 1957 was between -0.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.