About the day » Sunday August 25, 1957Calender converter

• Jacobus Houtekamer, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1957)
• Claudia Annemarie Marseille, Krefeld, Duitsland († 1994)
• Fokke de Wit († 2019)
• Susan Nelson († 1957)
• Bram Zijlmans, Veghel († 1990)
• Maarten Arie Abee († 1981)
• Jeffrey Schrier, California († 2000)
• N.N. van Mastricht, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Hendrikus Arend van Leuvensteijn, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)

• Bauke Tiberius Johanneszn. Buringa (74), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Antonia Josephina de Kok (35), Tilburg
• Alida Antoinette Hendrika NIEUWENHUIJSE (62)
• Alida Antoinetta Hendrika (Alie) Nieuwenhuijse (62), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andries Mattheus Munster (63), 's-Gravenhage
• Berend Jan Garagoski (66), Gorssel
• Anna Maria Loonen (93), Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aart van Asselt (69), Zeist
• Agnes C Schleicher (48), Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Annigje Vos (89)

• 1955 » Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1955 » John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist († 2004)
• 1956 » Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver († 1986)
• 1956 » Matt Aitken, English songwriter and record producer (Stock Aitken Waterman)
• 1956 » Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1957 » Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1957 » Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Simon McBurney, English actor and director
• 1958 » Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator

• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1969 » Robert Cosgrove, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1884)
• 1970 » Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (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 14 » Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
• June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
• June 24 » In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.
• 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.
• August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).

The temperature on August 25, 1957 was between 9.9 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 22.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.