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• Berend VAN GOOR († 1957)
• Petrus Johannes Hopman, Egmond Binnen (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1975)
• Nico Dijkstra († 2016)
• Tilly Konings, Brunssum,6367,Limburg,Nederland
• James Russel Tikker, Los Angeles, California († 1986)
• Henk Prins, Klazienaveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Koendraad BernardusWilhelmus Baakman, Nieuwdijk (Didam), Montferland, Gelderland (NL.) († 1998)
• Carla Huwel, Oostende, West Vlaanderen, België († 2006)
• Hendrik van Beuzekom († 1957)
• Danny Degryse, Roeselare († 1999)

• Arnoldus van Bergen (63), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Nicolaas De Groot (46), Leiden
• Alexandra Viktoria VON SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-SONDERBURG-GLÜCKSBURG (69), Lyon, France
• Alexandra Victoria Auguste Leopoldine Charlotte Amalia Wilhelmina van Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (69), Lyon, Rhône-Alpes
• Adriana Ett (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonius Albertus Berendsen (63), Eindhoven,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Anna van Melis (57), Rotterdam
• Antje Batema (59), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexandra Viktoria Auguste Leopoldine Caw von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksberg (69), Lyon, F
• Anna Tietje Swaantine Tichelaar (57), Zeist

• 1955 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer († 1997)
• 1955 » Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
• 1956 » Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
• 1958 » Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)

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 9 » The 8.6 M_w  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
• March 13 » Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista.
• April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on April 15, 1957 was between 1.7 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.