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• Jacobus van der Windt, Wateringen († 1957)
• Cornelia KIST
• Mark Alan Seybert, Brookville, Pennsylvania († 1998)
• Antonia johanna Biesterveld, Amsterdam († 1957)
• Jacob Hoek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Leentje Maatje GROEN Jdr, Middelharnis, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1960)
• Robert Arie Roepius, Rotterdam
• Roelof Idema, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Irma Strangman, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Willem P. N. A. van Driel († 1974)

• Antoine Marie Breesch (79), Stevoort, België
• Daniel Christoffel Wijbregt (93), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Voorsluijs (71), Rotterdam
• Anna Koning (83), Harlingen
• Adrianus Petrus Bol (77), Monster, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Wigman (60), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirkje Niggelie (80), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alida Pikkert (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Dirk Arnoldus (Derk) van Lonkhuijzen (69), Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arie Boelhouwers (85), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » Diamanda Galás, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1955 » Jack Lew, American lawyer and politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff
• 1956 » Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1956 » Eddie Murray, American football player
• 1956 » Mark Morris, American dancer and choreographer
• 1956 » Steve Yarbrough, American novelist and short story writer
• 1957 » Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer († 2001)
• 1957 » Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey and sportscaster
• 1958 » Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor († 2009)

• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (b. 1897)
• 1951 » Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Ulysses S. Grant III, American general (b. 1881)
• 1971 » Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)

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.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
• April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
• 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.
• September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
• November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.

The temperature on August 29, 1957 was between 7.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.