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• Dirk Devolder, Roeselare († 2022)
• Kristine J. Gabrielse
• Christiaan Anders, Gouda († 2005)
• Jan van Ginkel, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1988)
• Johannes Leonardus Duivenvoorden, Noordwijkerhout († 1958)
• Sjeng Sjef Cörvers († 2002)
• Levenloos geboren Kerssenberg, Enschede, Nederland († 1957)
• theodorus gerardus cornelia maria (theo) van ninhuijs, helden-beringe
• Connie Marie WULF, Miller, Hand Co. South Dakota († 1976)
• Rebecca May Werkema, Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan († 2012)

• Alijda de Jong (83)
• Aloys Maria Graaf Serényi van Kis-Serény (63), Wenen
• Antonius Kleinherenbrink (61), Olst
• Charley T Todd (83), Gibson, Tennessee
• Andries Euser (77), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Timmer (58), Avereest
• Aalt Bosch (84), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amalia Maria Josepha Henriëtte Gabriëlle Eva Esterházy van Galántha (76), Hacs, Hongarije
• Anna Catharina Frederika Mulder (71), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Varekamp, Monster

• 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
• 1955 » Kurt Bodewig, German politician
• 1956 » Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
• 1958 » Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver
• 1959 » John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Roger Taylor, English drummer
• 1960 » Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach

• 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
• 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
• 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
• 1968 » John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1969 » Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)

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 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
• January 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.

The temperature on April 26, 1957 was between 2.4 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.