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• Hermann Jansen († 2017)
• Debra Jean Frederick († 2015)
• José Hereijgers, Bosschenhoofd
• Laurentius Cornelis Maria Gresnigt
• Setske Engelgeer Doeser, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• N.N. Vermeer, Tilburg († 1957)
• Petrus C. de Graaff, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• NN Hooijkaas, Breda († 1957)
• Dine (Nadine) Van Hijfte († 2016)
• Giel Soons († 2003)

• Catharina Columbina Groen (64), Alkmaar
• Geertruida Mol (86), Hoogeveen
• Antje Annema (80), Feanwalden, Dantumadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Kerkhof (51), Ferndale (Michigan), Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Oudshoorn (77), Leiden
• Antje Annes Annema (80), Veenwouden
• Antje Annes Annema (80), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelis Adams (86), Hilvarenbeek
• Alle Zoethout (50), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Stiphout (51)

• 1955 » Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
• 1955 » Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
• 1956 » Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
• 1956 » Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
• 1956 » Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
• 1957 » Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Gina Schock, American drummer
• 1957 » Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
• 1958 » Stephen Cottrell, English bishop

• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)

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 9 » British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
• March 17 » A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.
• September 25 » Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
• November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
• December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.

The temperature on August 31, 1957 was between 11.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.