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• Saskia van Hooidonk, Leiden († 1958)
• Johanna Judith Crooijmans, Zutphen († 2024)
• Ingrid Desiree Poetiray († 2006)
• Sjierk Reitsma, Leiden († 2022)
• Jeanne Marie Feltman, Shakopee (Minnesota, VS († 2017)
• Yves Cotonnec, Evreux (Dép. de l'Eure et la région Haute-Normandie, France) († 2006)
• Marleen VAN HOYWEGHEN, Kruibeke († 1996)
• Jozef Maria Edelbroek, Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Geert Pieters, Beveren-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie († 2019)
• Debra J WELTON, Great Falls, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Anne de Lobkowitz (89), Pähl, 09190, Allemagne
• Anko Jans Balkema (81)
• Adrianus Pieter Marcelisse (55), Dongen
• Arie Overeem (77), De Bilt, Utrecht, NL
• Amos Ralph Weybright (82), Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Groen (82), Groningen
• August Johan Eijken (61), 's Gravenhage
• Aaltje Soeteman (77), Rotterdam
• August Johan Eijken (61), Den Haag
• Arie Hugo Boertjes (72), Breda

• 1954 » Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
• 1955 » John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1955 » Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Armagh
• 1955 » Tom Bergeron, American television host
• 1956 » Cindy Lovell, American educator and writer
• 1956 » Lakis Lazopoulos, Greek actor and screenwriter
• 1956 » Roland Wieser, German race walker and coach
• 1958 » Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art († 2014)
• 1959 » Andreas Busse, German runner
• 1959 » Charles Hendry, English politician

• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic (b. 1907)
• 1961 » Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1895)
• 1963 » Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator (b. 1885)

• 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 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• January 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

The temperature on May 6, 1957 was between 0.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.