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• Rudolf Frans Lodewijk van Brederode, Gilze en Rijen († 1957)
• Hendrina Antonia Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 2008)
• Alida Huizinga, De Waal († 2011)
• Alida Huizinga, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2011)
• Jeltje Geertje Zondervan, IJsbrechtum
• Elisabeth Evertje Annemarie Kamphorst, Voorthuizen († 2023)
• Françoise Elisabeth DELARUE, Bondy (93 Seine St-Denis),,, 85 Rue Roger Salengro
• Hendrik Jacobus Sieba, Amsterdam
• Hendrik Hart Mosk, Oosterend (Texel, NH) († 2016)
• Child 6 of Edward & Viola Kelzer, fortasse, somewhere in SD († 1957)

• Cornelis de Zwart (62), Vlissingen
• Catharina Cornelia VAN BEMMEL (21), Heerlen (NL/LI)
• Berend Jan Wildeman (48), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Georgina Lemieux (72), Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
• Albert Johannes Akker (93), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Christiaan Gerardus Deege (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Peters (65), Gronau
• Anna Catharina van Linden (81), Breendonk
• Anthonius Pronk (56), Medemblik
• Dallas Wilson White (81), Weston, Lewis, West Virginia

• 1955 » Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician
• 1956 » David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
• 1956 » Larry Hogan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Maryland
• 1956 » Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
• 1957 » Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
• 1957 » Edward Lee, American author
• 1957 » Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1958 » Dorothy Straight, American children's author
• 1958 » Paul Weller, English singer, songwriter and musician
• 1959 » Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author

• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)

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 14 » Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• April 5 » In India, Communists win the first elections in united Kerala and E. M. S. Namboodiripad is sworn in as the first Chief Minister.
• July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
• December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The temperature on May 25, 1957 was between 6.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.