About the day » Monday August 5, 1957Calender converter

• Martina Johanna Nederstigt, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2022)
• Reinier Botting, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerardus Albertus Marinus Grevelt, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2014)
• Johannes van Leerdam, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2022)
• Agnes Ida Maria van Eeden, Delft († 2001)
• Nicolaas ROORDA, Lekkum (Leeuwarden) Friesland Netherlands († 2018)
• Agnes Josephina Nobbenhuis, Almelo († 1980)
• Harry van der Mei, Steenwijk († 2025)
• Nicolaas (Lettinga) Roorda, Lekkum († 2018)
• Nicole Moonen, Hasselt, België († 2001)

• Adam Rittinger (68), Ófalu, Baranya, Hungary
• Agnes Patterson (57), New York, Verenigde Staten
• Annie Elizabeth Tisdale (65), Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States
• Antonius Norbertus Maria Mutsaerts (59), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus HOUWEN (83), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arnold Houwen (83), Panningen
• Antonius Norbertus Maria Mutsaerts (59), Tilburg,Gemeente Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Gesina Jasken (62), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Berendina te Geershuis (90), Borculo
• Abram Hogedoorn (77), Rotterdam

• 1953 » Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach († 2005)
• 1955 » Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1956 » Christopher Chessun, English Anglican bishop
• 1956 » Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » David Gill, English businessman
• 1957 » Faith Prince, American actress and singer
• 1957 » Larry Corowa, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 » Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1959 » Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1960 » David Baldacci, American lawyer and author

• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
• 1955 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)

• 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.
• March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• April 10 » The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
• May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.

The temperature on August 5, 1957 was between 10.7 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.