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• Ben Bodelier, Simpelveld,, Limburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Remmelt Bertus Beuker, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 2011)
• Mintjes, Steenwijkerwold († 1957)
• Julia Jan Boone Combest [sWks] "Jan", Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas († 2004)
• Jacobus Leonardus Maria Turnhout, Voorhout († 2021)
• Reina Johanna Souverijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Hellen Denise SYMTH, Kaponga, Taranaki, New Zealand († 1975)
• Johannes Bruins († 1986)
• Wilhelmus Franciscus Zwiers, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Deborah Weyandt, Pennsylvania († 1959)

• ANNA ELISABETH GÜNSTER (74), Bad Kreuznach
• Antonius Gerardus Welling (54), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Paulij (53), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Anthonij de Vries (89), Den Helder
• Anthonij de Vries (89), Den Helder
• Dora Buss (68), Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa
• Mintjes (0), Steenwijkerwold
• Aldert Smit (48)
• Anna Engelina Meijer (60), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonij de Vries (89), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Dannel Malloy, American lawyer and politician, 88th Governor of Connecticut
• 1955 » Henry Priestman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1955 » Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 2003)
• 1955 » Taco, Indonesian-born Dutch singer and entertainer
• 1956 » Michael Connelly, American author
• 1957 » Jon Lovitz, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1957 » Stefan Löfven, Swedish trade union leader and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1958 » Dave Henderson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1959 » Gene Miles, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)
• 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)

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 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
• May 15 » At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
• September 24 » President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
• November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.

The temperature on July 21, 1957 was between 9.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.