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• Michel Meys († 1985)
• Michael Wayne Schneider, Bakersfield, California († 1958)
• Cornelis Bernardus Johannes van der Maarel, Delft († 2011)
• Tjeerd Veenstra († 1996)
• Bernardus Gerrit Everhardus SPRONK, Rheden († 2023)
• Jeffrey Lynn Fink, Holland, Grundy County, Iowa († 1961)
• Erik Hillen, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Robertus Elfridus Maria Terwiel, Voorburg, the Netherlands († 2011)
• petrus ludovicus theodorus (peter) maessen, helden-grashoek
• Willem VISSER, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 2018)

• Cornelia Johanna hendrika Kampers (60), Utrecht
• Adrianus Johannes Sluijtman (65), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Billy Gracy (36), Dallas. Dallas County, Texas
• Alice Mary (May) BANFIELD (71), Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
• Cornelia Oudenaren van (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• CHARLES LOUIS DE BOCK (72), MEERDONK,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Adriana Maria van Blitterswijk (44), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Pfann (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Terluin (59), Rotterdam
• Catharina Johanna Kerremans (50), Breda, Noord Brabant

• 1956 » Dominic Grieve, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1956 » Larry Blackmon, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Michael Jackson, Irish archbishop
• 1956 » R. B. Bernstein, American constitutional historian
• 1958 » Chip Ganassi, American race car driver, team owner and businessman
• 1959 » Barry O'Farrell, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales
• 1959 » Pelle Lindbergh, Swedish-American ice hockey player († 1985)
• 1960 » Bill Harrigan, Australian rugby league referee and sportscaster
• 1960 » Guy Fletcher, English keyboard player, guitarist, and producer
• 1960 » Kristin Scott Thomas, English actress

• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Frank Rowe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1959 » John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
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.
• February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
• February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
• March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
• October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
• November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
• November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

The temperature on May 24, 1958 was between 10.4 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.