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• Adri Doornekamp († 1959)
• Scott Hueppchen, Plymouth, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Henry Jelte Koopmans, Ocean Falls. British Columbia, Canada († 1977)
• Belinda Ann Mason Carden [Ks], Henderson County, Kentucky ql († 1991)
• Tineke Nieboer († 2006)
• Scott Huepchen, Plymouth, Wisc., Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Henk van de Zweerde († 1998)
• Rosane Liberalli Simoni, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 2017)
• Henry Jelte KOOPMANS, Ocean Falls. British Columbia, Canada († 1977)
• Léon (dit Jean-Pierre) BROUWERS, Thimister-Clermont, Province de Liège, Belgique († 1975)

• Derk Pot (68), Groningen
• * Frits Voskuijl (42), Hilversum
• Anna Barbara Walters (94), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje Anna de Haan (62), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Augusta Ellen Ryan (74), Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Carlos Preis (61), Lages, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Alida Krist (74), Rhenen
• Aaltje de Haan (64)
• Alice Piacentino (48), Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alice Clifton

• 1954 » Chris Huhne, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• 1955 » Kim Carr, Australian educator and politician, 31st Australian Minister for Human Services
• 1956 » Jerry Hall, American model and actress
• 1957 » Bret Hart, Canadian wrestler
• 1957 » Jüri Raidla, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1957 » Purvis Short, American basketball player
• 1958 » Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor
• 1960 » Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 1961 » Clark Kellogg, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1962 » Neil Williams, English cricketer († 2006)

• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1963 » Alicia Patterson, American publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1966 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet and author (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Jessie Street, Australian suffragette and feminist (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
• 1973 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 1973 » George McBride, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)

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. Hans

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.
• February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
• March 27 » Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
• May 28 » Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, heavily reinforced by Frank Pais Militia, overwhelm an army post in El Uvero.
• May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
• July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
• July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.

The temperature on July 2, 1958 was between 13.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 10.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.