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• Rita Eveline Koswal, Willemstad, Curaçao († 2008)
• Johny Jozef Cappelle, Roeselare († 2012)
• FREDERICK Christiaan ESTERHUIZEN, Thabazembi († 1998)
• JOHANNES (JOHAN) Deinum, Lemmer
• Ruth Karhoff († 2007)
• William Joseph "Billy" Sullivan, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Anneke Goessens, Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)
• Leanne Fay Van Duyn, Modesto,Stanislaus County,California,United States († 2014)
• Gerardus (gerard) Steur, Oss († 1998)
• Patricia Marie Durocher († 2016)

• arnolda josina van HEIJST (87), wageningen
• Barend de Vries (75), Amsterdam, 1000, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Klein Scherpenzeel (90), Arnhem
• Antje Visscher (78), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland Nederland
• Alberta Berendina Koster (80), Didam, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Rutten (72), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Everdina Storm (51), Den Haag
• Dina Clasina de Rijk (77), Utrecht
• Cornelia Elisabeth Boogaert (78), De Bilt, Utrecht, Nederland
• CORNELIA EVERDINA STORM (51), MONSTER

• 1956 » Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
• 1956 » Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
• 1956 » Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
• 1957 » Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1957 » Gina Schock, American drummer
• 1957 » Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
• 1958 » Stephen Cottrell, English bishop
• 1959 » Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1959 » Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1948 » Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
• 1951 » Paul Demel, Czech actor (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)
• 1963 » Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
• 1965 » E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
• 1968 » John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Rocky Marciano, American boxer (b. 1923)
• 1973 » John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

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. 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.
• January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
• May 27 » First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
• July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
• August 18 » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
• October 27 » Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed by General Ayub Khan, who had been appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
• December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.

The temperature on August 31, 1958 was between 18.4 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.