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• Arend Okken († 2019)
• María de la Santísima Trinidad de Hohenlohe-Langenburg
• wilhelmina johanna gijberdina petronella (wilma) van lier, helden-dorp († 2015)
• Jacques Hermanus Johannes Manders 13ACN, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 2008)
• Wilma Meertens, Beek,, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Floris Jeroen Rombach, Barneveld († 1960)
• Nicolaas Willem Maaijen, Polsbroek († 2012)
• Jan Nijland († 1977)
• Jan Nijland, Bergentheim, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1977)
• Martin Posthuma Linthorst, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

• Alphonsus Claes (62), Vorselaar
• Cornelia Willemina van Eldik (80), Haarlem
• Anna van Enk (68), Wezep
• Anna Maria Broks (66), Tilburg
• Adrianus Nicolaus van de Wouw (69), Tilburg
• Armand Baudry (75), Elmvale, Ontario, CANADA
• Adriaan Verhoeven (88), Tilburg
• Arentje van Batum (86), Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette Pietertje Verduijn (68), Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Gelens (87), Breda, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1955 » Gerrie Coetzee, South African boxer
• 1955 » Ricky Bell, American football player († 1984)
• 1955 » Ron Johnson, American businessman and politician
• 1956 » Christine Boisson, French actress
• 1956 » Jim Piddock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Michael Benton, Scottish-English paleontologist and academic
• 1956 » Roman Dragoun, Czech singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1957 » Fred Smerlas, American football player and radio host
• 1958 » Detlef Bruckhoff, German footballer
• 1958 » Tom Petranoff, American javelin thrower and coach

• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 1959 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)

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 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
• 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.

The temperature on April 8, 1957 was between 1.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.