About the day » Tuesday September 3, 1957Calender converter

• Froukje Holleman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Donna Lee Corey, Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States († 2013)
• Johan Van Durme († 1957)
• Paul Lindeman († 1995)
• Freddy Munnicks, Roermond († 1957)
• Gerrit Suurd, Peize († 2014)
• Violet Juanita Ebanks, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2024)
• NN Blokland, Rotterdam († 1957)
• Bote Feikes Galema, Welsrijp, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)
• Marinus Josephus Wilhelmus Heesbeen, 's-Hertogenbosch

• Arend Jacobs Pilon (71)
• Christianus Beekmans (80), Helmond
• Anje van der Wijngaarden (50), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alice Bingenheimer (70), Liberty, NY
• Anne Marie Françoise MADRE (73), Saint-Pierre-De-Plesguen,35720,Ille-Et-Vilaine,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Adrianus Loon van (53), Bergen op Zoom
• Carolus Augustinus Melis (63)
• Anna Josephina Antonia Frissen (84), Maastricht
• Arend Jelles Jellema (79), Akkrum, Boarnsterhim, Friesland, Netherlands
• Carl Homberg (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Niederlande

• 1954 » Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
• 1955 » Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director († 2012)
• 1956 » Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist († 1996)
• 1956 » Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
• 1957 » Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Garth Ancier, American businessman
• 1957 » Sadhguru, Indian yogi, mystic
• 1957 » Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
• 1960 » Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician

• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

• 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 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
• August 31 » The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• December 6 » Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.

The temperature on September 3, 1957 was between 5.8 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.