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• Dionisius Maria Beerens
• Douglas Lyle Abbas, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Gerrit Jan Lems, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Johannes Willem Frederik Berlemon († 2004)
• Expédit Maximin LEPERLIER, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1960)
• Ward Henri Paul Voitus van Hamme († 1977)
• Mathias Constant Maria Hoesen, Nieuwenhagen
• Eelco Buijvoets, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• gerardus franciscus (ger) lormans, helden-grashoek
• Henrie Vogel, Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• Daniel Gregorius Blok (83), den Haag
• Bernardus Hendricus Marie de Raaij (56), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Korver (67), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland (Gem De Ronde Venen) Nederland
• Clyde Augustus Seawright (63)
• Adrian Bevers (62), Oshkosh, Winnebago county, Wisconsin (USA)
• Antonius van der Eerden (75), Eindhoven
• Boelo Abbes (75), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Adde Jansz Hazewinkel (77), Groningen
• Cornelia Elisabeth Lucia Spijkers (70)
• Agnes Brama (78), leiden

• 1955 » Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
• 1955 » Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1955 » Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
• 1956 » Jan Lammers, Dutch race car driver
• 1957 » Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
• 1958 » Lex Luger, American wrestler and football player
• 1959 » Erwin Olaf, Dutch photographer
• 1959 » Lydia Lunch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1959 » Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer

• 1948 » Karl Brandt, German SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Karl Gebhardt, German physician (b. 1897)
• 1948 » Viktor Brack, German physician (b. 1904)
• 1948 » Waldemar Hoven, German physician (b. 1903)
• 1948 » Wolfram Sievers, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1952 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)

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.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The temperature on June 2, 1957 was between 6.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.