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• Fenneken Wilhelmina van de Riet, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2020)
• NN Kortekaas († 1957)
• Martje Bosma, Odoorn († 1962)
• Edward Lee Smotherman, Bedford County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Carola Maria Hart, Nijmegen († 1975)
• Nancy Marshall Cutchins († 1974)
• Marinus Wesselinus Gademan, Cuijk en Sint Agatha († 1963)
• Cornelis Johannes Maria van Winsen, Warmond († 1957)
• Kimberly Ann Kelhoffer, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Rob Kiebert († 2005)

• Catharina Maria Francoise Kruijsse (76), Terneuzen
• Anne Vlieger (62), Haarlem
• Antonia Anna Kaag (88), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ellen Anne "Nellie" Smythe (82), Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
• Adriana Cornelia Wesenbeek (71), Huijbergen
• Cornelis Wildeman (82), Utrecht
• Elisabeth Antonia Poot (68), Den Haag
• Clementia Arkesteijn (86), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth de Vries (87), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charlie Monroe Underwood (60), Kirkville Cemetery, Kirkville, Mississippi

• 1955 » Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
• 1955 » Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1955 » Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
• 1956 » Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1956 » Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
• 1958 » Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
• 1958 » Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
• 1958 » Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer
• 1958 » Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner

• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1953 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
• 1959 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)

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.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

The temperature on May 14, 1957 was between 6.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.