About the day » Saturday July 20, 1957Calender converter

• Christiana Angelina Rikkers, Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• , Dussen, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Mary Ann Zeilstra, Oak Park, IL
• N.N. Winnubst, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Paul Berkvens († 2011)
• Reinierus P.M. van Veen, Zoeterwoude-Dorp,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Christina Margaretha de Cuba († 1957)
• Tonnie Leijten († 2014)
• Sjaan Bras († 2015)
• Gert Jan Simon Cornelius van de Ruit, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)

• Aagje Gaikema (80), Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriaan Kronenburg (44), Utrecht
• Aagje Gaikema (80), Oudega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnold Eduard Hubertus Maria Petrus Borret (67), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Bastiaan Laurens de Bruijn (43), Oegstgeest, Nederland
• Alcide Camille Joseph TURPIN (58), LILLE 59
• Adriana Maria Bosch (46), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Josephus Stolk (64), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Barbara Petronella van den Hurk (68), Eindhoven
• Aagje Martinus Gaikema (80), Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1954 » Jay Jay French, American guitarist and producer
• 1954 » Moira Harris, American actress
• 1955 » Desmond Douglas, Jamaican-English table tennis player
• 1955 » Jem Finer, English banjo player and songwriter
• 1955 » René-Daniel Dubois, Canadian actor and playwright
• 1956 » Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta († 2016)
• 1956 » Paul Cook, English drummer
• 1956 » Thomas N'Kono, Cameroonian footballer
• 1958 » Mick MacNeil, Scottish keyboard player and songwriter
• 1959 » Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1944 » Ludwig Beck, German general (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Paul Valéry, French author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 1965 » Batukeshwar Dutt, Indian activist (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Bray Hammond, American historian and author (b. 1886)

• 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.
• February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• November 7 » Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

The temperature on July 20, 1957 was between 10.2 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.