About the day » Friday April 5, 1957Calender converter

• Pierre Johannes Maria (peter) Franke, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1974)
• Wilma Verhagen, Maaskantje, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1999)
• Franciscus Dominicus Dubois, Rotterdam,- († 1957)
• Wilhelmus Cornelis Apolonus Heemskerk, Noordwijk († 1976)
• Adriaan Berend Marius Jansen († 2017)
• Hans van Meerten, Lienden († 2016)
• Pasquale Thérèse Michelle EQUETER, Baudour,7331,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1957)
• Hein E.P.M. Vogels († 2006)
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus van Beek, Teteringen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Yvonne Cornelia Farjon, Amsterdam

• Christiaan Johan Adriaan Jonkheer Greven (71), Zwolle,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Roele (50)
• Adrianus Leonardus Jacobus Hoogstraten (76), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Catharina Tettero (72), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Andries Sierds Papa (79)
• Annigje Kool (92)
• Bastiaan Langendoen (84), Nieuwenhoorn
• Amadeus - Amede Van Raemdonck (77), Tielrode belgiqueum
• Amedeus "Amedé" Raemdonck (77), Tielrode (Temse), België
• Arthur Lewis Burton (87), Los Angeles County, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1956 » Diamond Dallas Page, American wrestler and actor
• 1956 » Leonid Fedun, Russian businessman
• 1956 » Reid Ribble, American politician
• 1957 » Karin Roßley, German hurdler
• 1957 » Sebastian Adayanthrath, Indian bishop
• 1958 » Daniel Schneidermann, French journalist
• 1958 » Henrik Dettmann, Finnish basketball coach
• 1958 » Johan Kriek, South African-American tennis player
• 1958 » Lasantha Wickrematunge, Sri Lankan lawyer and journalist († 2009)
• 1958 » Ryoichi Kawakatsu, Japanese footballer

• 1952 » Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.
• 1954 » Claude Delvincourt, French pianist and composer (b. 1888)
• 1954 » Princess Märtha of Sweden, (b. 1901)
• 1956 » William Titt, British gymnast (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Ásgrímur Jónsson, Icelandic painter (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Isidora Sekulić, Serbian writer (b. 1877)
• 1958 » Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Nikolai Kryukov, Russian composer (b. 1908)
• 1962 » Boo Kullberg, Swedish gymnast (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Jacobus Oud, Dutch architect (b. 1890)

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.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on April 5, 1957 was between 7.4 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.