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• René Damman, Zwollerkerspel († 2018)
• Aresje Hendrika Worst, Nijkerk († 1958)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1958)
• Catharina Martha Gerrits († 2018)
• Visser, Edam Volendam († 1958)
• Jacoba Isabella Scheffer
• Anno Meint Schrijvers, Avereest († 1973)
• Levenloos Kind Visscher, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Hendrik Jan Schooten († 2022)
• robert christiaan (robert) van ravenswaaij, zeist

• Adriaan Quirinus Neele (66), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Peters (80), Dieren, Nederland
• Arie Luiten (67), Hoogvliet (ZH Nederland)
• Alphonsus Antonius Nagels (68), Kapellen, Provincie Antwerpen
• Bouwe Hogeboom (62), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Abe Visser (63), Groningen (Grunn), Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Cornelia van Sluijs (83), Avereest
• Bouwe Sippes Hoogeboom (62), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Hospes (0), Vancouver, Brits-Columbia, Canada
• Adriana Muijs (83), Amsterdam

• 1955 » Anne Sofie von Otter, Swedish soprano and actress
• 1955 » Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of Ethiopia († 2012)
• 1956 » Jana Wendt, Australian television host
• 1956 » Wendy Crewson, Canadian actress and producer
• 1958 » Graham Smith, Canadian swimmer
• 1959 » Andrew Jones, New Zealand cricketer
• 1960 » Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach († 2014)
• 1961 » John Corbett, American actor
• 1961 » Sean Altman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Dave Gahan, English singer-songwriter

• 1949 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 » Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan banker and businessman (b. 1887)
• 1957 » Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1959 » Bhaurao Patil, Indian activist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1902)
• 1968 » Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Peter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Robert
7. Pieter
8. Gerrit
9. Willem
10. Petrus
11. Ronald
12. John
13. Johan
14. David
15. Michael
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Jacoba
13. Ingrid
14. Linda
15. Elizabeth
16. Hendrika

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
• April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
• May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
• May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• July 9 » A 7.8 M_w  strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
• November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
• December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.

The temperature on May 9, 1958 was between 13.5 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.