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• Hans Bakker († 1989)
• Mark A Brueggemann († 2010)
• Hendrikus van SOELEN, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Son LANDIS († 1957)
• Marieke Reina Theresa Sanders, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Marcel Cornelis Eijgenraam, Delft, Nederland († 2019)
• Franciscus Petrus Petronella Wilhelmina Maria Clephas, Venray († 1957)
• Sandra Jean Rensberger, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Cornelis Bont, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Doodgeboren kind van de Sande, Tilburg († 1957)

• Arie Gerardus van der Houwen (76), Arnhem
• Christiaan Johannes Bartholomeus Holman (62), Veendam
• Anne van Diepen (69), Langedijk
• Arie Goedhart (78), Dordrecht
• Catherine Steffy (91)
• Antje van Diepen (69), Langedijk, Oudkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Gerrits LUFTING (85), Emmen Drenthe Netherlands
• Bernardus Johann Thus (64), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Maria Gelissen (79), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Moraal (82), Laren

• 1954 » Simon Anderson, Australian surfer
• 1955 » Len Barker, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » Berry Sakharof, Turkish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Jonathan Dayton, American director and producer
• 1958 » Alexander Svinin, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1959 » Billy Campbell, American actor
• 1960 » Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
• 1960 » Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Vonda Shepard, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1964 » Dominik Henzel, Czech-Swedish actor and comedian

• 1950 » Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1923)
• 1955 » Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Gottfried Benn, German author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Moshe Sharett, Ukrainian-Israeli lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1971 » Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)

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 22 » Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
• April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• August 28 » U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
• November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.

The temperature on July 7, 1957 was between 16.0 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.