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• Lamont Darrell "Monty" SAUNDERS, Pocatello, Bannock County, Idaho, United States of America († 2018)
• Dirk Geerligs († 1997)
• Piet Noordstrand († 1981)
• Kristien Dekaezemaeker, Ieper († 1984)
• Wilhelmus Antonius Johannes KAPTEIN, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Simone van Enter († 1957)
• Ellie Olde Bijvank († 2012)
• Marlies Hoekstra, Noordwijk († 2005)
• Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Mourits, Noordwijkerhout († 2011)
• Daniel LORENZI, Souvret,6182,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 2018)

• Arend Reitsema (68), Haren
• Antje Tuinsma (92), Huizen
• Bernardus Paulus Floore (67), Wormer
• Annie Allan (72)
• Adrianus Siebel (90), Rotterdam
• Antonius van Zundert (74), Breda
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Klomp (63), Helmond
• Arthur Henderix (65), Rijkel, België
• Anna Maria de Ruijter (76), Heemskerk
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Klomp (63), Helmond

• 1955 » Mladen Markač, Croatian general
• 1955 » Stephen Furst, American actor and director († 2017)
• 1956 » Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist
• 1957 » Bill Cowher, American football player and coach
• 1957 » Gary Lunn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 6th Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
• 1957 » Rino Katase, Japanese actress
• 1958 » Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury
• 1958 » Lovie Smith, American football player and coach
• 1958 » Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Simone Kleinsma, Dutch actress and singer

• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 » U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 » William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 » John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1886)

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 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on May 8, 1957 was between -2.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.