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• levenloos Osté, Vlissingen († 1958)
• levenloos de Koning, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1958)
• George Vincent Jr Lake, unbekannt († 1975)
• Harmannus (Herman) DE VROOME, Smilde (NL/DR) († 2016)
• Steve Sharpe, Summerville, Dorchester, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Carolina C.M. Wubben († 2008)
• Mark G. larroway│Laraway, unbekannt († 2000)
• Hubert Baudrie, Verviers, Belgie († 1981)
• Johannes Hermanes (Jan) Loohuis, Oldenzaal († 1997)
• George Sutherland Munro († 2008)

• Anna Theresia Sibig (83), Munich, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
• Aberdina Clara Bolier (89), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina van kessel (73), Velddriel
• Arnoldus Rijnders (158), Valkenswaard, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Barney Dunbar Lamar (66), Fort Gordon, Richmond County, Georgia, United States of America
• Alida Catharina Gomes (51), Beverwijk
• August DEMEER (83), Schakkebroek (B)
• Alexandra Theresia von Anhalt-Dessau (89), Schwetzingen
• Carel Johannes van Asselt (48), Hilversum
• Alexandra Theresia van Anhalt Dessau (89), Schwetzingen

• 1954 » Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician
• 1955 » LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1955 » Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter
• 1956 » Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
• 1956 » Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1957 » Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1958 » Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ
• 1959 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1959 » Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros
• 1959 » Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1966 » Vincent Auriol, French journalist and politician, 16th President of the French Republic (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (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. 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.
• January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
• 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.
• June 17 » The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing, in the process of being built to connect Vancouver and North Vancouver (Canada), collapses into the Burrard Inlet killing 18 ironworkers and injuring others.
• December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
• December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

The temperature on January 1, 1958 was between 0.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 17.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.