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• Jan Varkevisser, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• David Michael Moran, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Lyle Dean Roetman, Heidelberg, Germany († 2000)
• Blanche-Aimée Dupré de Pomarède, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France († 2006)
• Sietse Klaassens, Groningen (Nld), Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Francis Paul Peterson, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Theodorus Simon Maria Appelman, Bovenkarspel († 1959)
• Christopher W. SCHILDHOUSE, Chicago Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 2006)
• Allegonda Petronella Anna Versleijen, Gilze en Rijen
• Geert Wim Jozef Esther De Baets, Gent (B) († 1981)

• Bastiaan Weij (64), Gilze en Rijen
• Alida Maria Meermans (68), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Everdina Clasina Beindorff (68), Schiedam
• Arie Holdermans (65), ouderkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland
• Arend Profijt (82), Zuidwolde
• Adriana Bons (76), Rotterdam
• Aagtje Mandema (75), delfzijl
• Anna Vonk (83), Tilburg
• Arie Jansz. X Dekker (76), EaZ
• Andrea Alfonso Salvatore Montoro (69), Brasil

• 1955 » Charles Martinet, American actor
• 1955 » Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri
• 1955 » Scott Simpson, American golfer
• 1956 » Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1956 » Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1956 » Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 » David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
• 1957 » Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician († 2012)
• 1958 » Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1958 » Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player

• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)

• 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 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
• February 18 » Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
• May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
• May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
• September 4 » American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
• September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.

The temperature on September 17, 1957 was between 10.1 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.