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• Randall Dean Bruns, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Tonnie Leijten († 2014)
• N.N. Appels, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Jakobine Küppers († 1995)
• Christina Margaretha de Cuba († 1957)
• Paul Berkvens († 2011)
• Sjaan Bras († 2015)
• Margaretha Alida Jacobina Talens († 1999)
• Anjo Allert Anjewierden, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• BOER, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1957)

• Antje van Leeuwen (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Heun (75), Rotterdam
• Aagje Martinus Gaikema (80), Oudega
• Aaltje Feddes Kies (77), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Martinus Gaikema (80), Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• BOER (0), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Elisabeth Breedeveld (89), Leiden, Nederland
• Aloysius Augustinus VERBURGT (70), Sint-Maria-Horebeke,9667,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• August VANDERMEULEN (64)
• Andrew Blake Knouff (68), Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH

• 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)

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.
• February 22 » Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• June 27 » Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.
• September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.

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.