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• Andr ODEURS, Sint-Truiden,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 2011)
• Geertruida Jacoba Tuitman, Den Burg Texel
• Corine VERSCHURE, Loon op Zand,Gemeente Loon op Zand,North Brabant,Nederland († 2005)
• Doodgeboren Kind Zelen, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1957)
• Catharina Helena Jacoba Maria van Gorp, Tilburg († 2023)
• Arie Cornelis van Rumpt, leiden (zuid holland)
• Harrie Van As, Stein († 2020)
• Willem Martin Verbeeten, Horst, Niederlande († 1995)
• Frans Vreugdenhil, Naaldwijk († 2019)
• Johannes Hendrikus Courbois, Hoensbroek, Ned

• Annigje Brommer (74), Amersfoort
• Catharina Flapper (64), Gulpen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Arends (80), Aruba, Ned. Antillen
• Catharina Maria van de Staij (85), Arcen
• Anje Walma (52), Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Wiebes de Groot (42), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Charles Phillippe Aloysius Marie Petit (63), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Flapper (64), Gulpen, Limburg, Nederland
• Charles Bruce Moyer (87), Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States of America
• Deirk van der Velde (69), Appingedam, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1954 » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1954 » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 1955 » Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1955 » Tony Miles, English chess player († 2001)
• 1955 » Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author († 2008)
• 1957 » Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian († 2014)
• 1957 » Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director
• 1958 » Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Icelandic composer and producer
• 1958 » Ryan Walter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 » Unity Dow, Botswanan judge, author, and rights activist

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

• 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 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

The temperature on April 23, 1957 was between 5.4 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.