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• HANS CHRISTIAN PAGTER HALL, Kopenhagen († 1985)
• Hendrikus Christian Maria Francken, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland († 1964)
• Marleen Cleenwerck
• Beth Kayleen Hofland, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1984)
• Wilhelmina Hendrika LUESINK, Hengelo (G) († 2007)
• Hendrika Helena Vrijens, Maastricht († 1996)
• Koos Gruppen († 1974)
• Ingrid Lemmens († 2003)
• Filip Vantomme, Oekene († 2008)
• Willem Raterink († 1976)

• Anthonius Johannes Manuel (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wulfse (87), Groningen, Groningen, Netherland
• Annechien Stuifzand (70), Hoogeveen nederland
• Abraham Beekenkamp (77), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Snippenberg \ Snippenburg (78), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• August van Wifferen (61), Zwolle
• Albertje Klein (70), Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Vinke (0), Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aulton Tilmon Patterson (68), Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
• Anna Mae Schadler Glass (58), Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten

• 1955 » Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
• 1956 » Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer
• 1956 » Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician
• 1956 » Jan Peter Balkenende, Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1956 » Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician
• 1956 » Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
• 1957 » Kristina M. Johnson, American business executive, engineer, academic and government official
• 1958 » Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
• 1958 » Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic
• 1958 » Mikhail Biryukov, Russian footballer and manager

• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)

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 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.

The temperature on May 7, 1957 was between -0.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.