About the day » Thursday August 1, 1957Calender converter

• VAN Ophem, Wervershoof († 1978)
• Paul Vriens, Tilburg († 2013)
• Willem Westland († 1963)
• GERRIT MOSTERD, AMERSFOORT († 1968)
• Petronella van der Horst, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• NN Welling, Drachten
• Jack Meijer, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Barend Christiaan (Rob) Schuwer, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Gary C Hockey, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Scott Thomas Nichols, Montery Park, Los Angeles Co., California († 1994)

• Cornelius Mutsaers (80), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carrie Ellen Averill (78), Orange, Orange, California
• Detje Willems Hoekstra (83), Kollumerland
• Detje Hoekstra (83), Westergeest (Friesland)
• Cecilia Theodora Lund (30), Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota
• Antonius Adrianus van Mensvoort (65), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Kind (van der Veen) (58), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Auke Zeilstra (78), Hilversum
• Christianus Coppens (72), Eindhoven
• Catharina Hubertina Wijnands (74), Geleen, Sittard-Geleen

• 1954 » Benno Möhlmann, German footballer and manager
• 1954 » James Gleick, American journalist and author
• 1954 » Trevor Berbick, Jamaican-Canadian boxer († 2006)
• 1957 » Taylor Negron, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1958 » Kiki Vandeweghe, American basketball player and coach
• 1958 » Michael Penn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter († 2000)
• 1959 » Joe Elliott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Chuck D, American rapper and songwriter
• 1960 » Suzi Gardner, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Manuel L. Quezon, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)

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 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
• March 9 » The 8.6 M_w  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
• March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
• July 11 » Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

The temperature on August 1, 1957 was between 12.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.