About the day » Thursday July 11, 1957Calender converter

• N.N. Smoor, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Ruud Hosmus, Den Helder († 2006)
• Enoch Stuivenberg, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Geert Maurice Mollij, Tielt († 2002)
• Catherina Engelina Antonia Maria Houtman, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1957)
• Willemina Piersma, Groningen († 2005)
• Sebastianus Wilhelmus Johannes Spijker, Soest († 1992)
• Dirkje Hoekstra, Vlaardingen († 2023)
• Greet Thuis, Gaanderen
• Patricia Mather, East London († 1988)

• Aga Khan (79), Versoix, Suisse
• Elizabeth Cornelia Abels (55), Rotterdam
• Engelina Smit (62), Haarlem
• Harm Doldersum (82), Hoogeveen
• August VAN NIJEN (68)
• Catharina Frederika van der Heide (53), Amsterdam
• Elizabeth Cornelia Abels (55), Rotterdam
• Albertus BLANKESTIJN (91), Kampen (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Albert Bronsvoort (81), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dirk Kruijne (70), Rotterdam

• 1955 » Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health († 2010)
• 1956 » Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic
• 1956 » Robin Renucci, French actor and director
• 1956 » Sela Ward, American actress
• 1957 » Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician
• 1957 » Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
• 1958 » Mark Lester, English actor
• 1959 » Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
• 1983 » Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)

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.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• June 9 » First ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.

The temperature on July 11, 1957 was between 12.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.