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• Kevin Clay Felts, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas († 1958)
• Maria Adriana Francisca van der Veeken, Gilze en Rijen († 1958)
• Marc, Anna, Guillaume van Tichelt, Merksem († 1958)
• Geertje Wilhelmina "Geertje" Scholte, Groningen († 2018)
• Cornelia Anker, Rotterdam
• Timothy Vincent RUE, Conway, SC
• Eduard Ronald Peter Boer, 's-Gravenhage († 2009)
• Hendrik Jan Kerssies, Diever († 1962)
• Adriana Petronella van Oosterhout, Eindhoven († 1999)
• Denise Kerkstra, Oak Lawn, IL

• Aaltje Habing (74), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Stuer (87), Kallo
• Antonie Kluijtenaar (79), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• August Joseph Schelfaut (73)
• Berend Jan Riphagen (85)
• Anna I Hanson (43), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Annechien Laning (76), Kalamazoo Township (Kalamazoo County) (Michigan)
• Arnoldus Augustus Johannes Trestorff (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Godefrida de Haas (60), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berthe MOREAU (87)

• 1954 » Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
• 1954 » Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Rex Smith, American actor and singer
• 1955 » Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer († 2006)
• 1957 » Chris Roupas, American basketball player
• 1958 » Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
• 1958 » Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1960 » Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
• 1960 » Mario Batali, American chef and author
• 1960 » Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer

• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 » George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 » Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)

• 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 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
• March 31 » Elections to the Territorial Assembly of the French colony Upper Volta are held. After the elections PDU and MDV form a government.
• July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.

The temperature on September 19, 1957 was between 10.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.